28.8k reviews for:

Vicious

V.E. Schwab

4.24 AVERAGE

faymus1985's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thywoes's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

zenithmalhotra's review against another edition

4.0

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Very enjoyable and quite quick

nuygenanna's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

vanilla_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anishkaravi03's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bernardogomezwrites's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jen1804's review against another edition

4.5

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I devoured this. Expertly paced, deliciously written. Features a non-linear timeline which worked SO well, I think I’m fast becoming a V E Schwab stan.
Eli is the WORST, and so is Serena. Victor is morally grey for sure, but I’m low key obsessed with him and I think that’s helped by me picturing him as blonde Nicholas Hoult - reading this at a time when blonde Nicholas Hoult was doing a hilarious (and hot) press tour for Superman👌. 

emoverhere's review against another edition

4.0

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you know a book is good when you buy the sequel halfway through it (i’m so glad i did) (v.e. schwab i’m obsessed with your writing)

esoon13's review against another edition

4.0

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Vicious lives up to its name and tells a story of vicious boys who grow up to be vicious men. It shows two bright college students becoming curious in superpowers and the process to develop them, and then turning into lunatics who won’t stop to kill each other. This revenge story was pretty dark but the writing and likable side characters relieved the tension when it was needed and kept things from getting too heavy. It definitely felt like it’s just the beginning of a story, like the first season of a tv show, but the momentum never stopped and stayed full blast until the last pages.