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If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

4.19 AVERAGE


I found this to be very immersive. Loved the academic setting and the larger-than-life characters. A very soapy and sultry story, full of deeply emotional moments. Not sure how I felt about the last page or so, it felt very off-script, but it didn’t quite diminish the incredible journey we’d taken to get there.

Really enjoyed considering reading Shakespeare dialogue causes my mind to glaze over (sorry ya gal struggles with poetry it’s my Achilles heel)

'The water, too, was still, and I thought, what liars they are, the sky and the water. Still and calm and clear, like everything was fine. It wasn't fine, and really, it never would be again.'

THIS BOOK - BROKEN

It is so well written and the use of Shakespeare to portray the plot was insane. The characters are insane and the way that they are typecast as the roles that fit into who they are as a person, and how this changes throughout the plot is something I really loved. I mean I don't want to make any spoilers but the book was just insane, I could talk about it for days. Absolutely enthralled with it. Every person needs to read this
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Personal Rating: 5 stars
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Urgh the ending of this hurt but this was written so well!
dark emotional mysterious 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