Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

35 reviews

kaybob_0708's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

All I’m gonna say is if Oliver doesn’t go find his man’s with his friends ima be upset, but I didn’t like how the ending was set up to seem like

he was gonna live an be with Meredith for a long time it just doesn’t seem like a good choice since he’s already told her that he did love James when they were together 10 years ago before he went to jail an now since James is “gone” he’s gonna settle for mere. Oliver is to kind for that I feel.

Overall a great story, I lived for all the Shakespeare quotes an the acting part of the story. Definitely don’t miss Richard the dude got what he deserved in my opinion but I also feel like the roles they were put into helped shape their character an ego, Richard was always playing the main role which in Shakespeare plays usually the villain so it’s no surprise that he eventually fell into the role outside of acting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Bullying

sas_ram's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I guess this is a rather unpopular opinion but I don't really get the hype about this book. For one the setting was interesting but also a little weird and therefore unrealistic. It immediately remembered me of "The secret history" just vibe wise. This was unsettling because I DNFed it. I don't really like the characters but I would have loved to read more

about Oliver and James, I kinda like them together

Another thing is the dialogue stile (Alexander:"  "). It mostly consists of shakespearen re-enactments and is overall kinda underwhelming. First the "crime" plot falls flat and than gets rushed in the end with a reveal, a confession and an arrest. Even the end was kinda expected and some aspects I would love to have heard more about weren't explored any further. 
I don't really get the time structure.
And a few question never get answered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide

jankmab's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm

aas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

cdt96's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

M.L Rio writes betrayal, loss, guilt and love excellently the characters are well rounded yet perfectly represent their given archetypes. Overall an excellent book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Blood, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Bullying, Addiction, Homophobia, Outing, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Biphobia, Cursing, Classism, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

moonbeamdmercutio's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Misogyny

Minor: Self harm

cowboysadbop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, and Self harm

rebecca142's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Grief

ninireads_03's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Eating disorder, Suicide, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia

chrissysbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This 100% deserves the hype it gets. It's gruellingly dark, hypnotising and will have you questioning your morals. I read it in a day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm