Reviews tagging 'Grief'

All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

68 reviews

oliverreeds's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

like good but the end just wasnt compelling. i probabky wont read the rest of the series. i think i wanted it to be a stand alone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

This book is easily now one of my favorites of the year! I am blown away. Hidden Magick, family secrets, so many twists. I absolutely love these characters. Each one has their own secret, and their own path and family issues. Even the secondary characters are so well developed. The scenery and atmosphere are amazing. It is so intense, and gripping. I am sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for book two already! 

There is a curse, and every 20 years seven champions (one from each family) come forward to compete in the tournament. The winner gets to control the high magic until the next tournament. This time is different. Some families will change forever. 

I am HOOKED. This story is dirty, gruesome, treacherous, and you never know what is going to happen. I am going to make it a new mission to make sure people read this book immediately! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: War, Violence, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Torture

Minor: Confinement

ivana's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Murder, Child death, Gore, Grief, and Violence

allypkuhn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

All of us villains was a really surprising book, it’s a mix between The hunger games and the faith anime series. And I’m here for it. 

Characters 
I love that the writers choose to use multiple pov’s. You will find yourself rooting for multiple characters eventhough you know just one of them can survive. 

All characters have reasons that they have to win and some of them deserve to win. There is a champion for every reader, which also means that there will be characters you like less. 

Story 
The story is about a group of teenagers that have to fight a magical contest to win a great power for their families. This contest happens every 20 years and used to be fought in secrecy. Now the secret is out in the open. May the best champion win. 

Writing 
The writing is done very well. The chapters link together flawlessly. The differences in writingstyles are really hard to spot. 

Worldbuilding 
The magic system in this world is interesting and different to what I’m used to. I liked it but it isn’t for everyone. I feel like the world is very detailed but that we didn’t get enough to really understand it. 

Recommendations 
I would recommend this one-off almost everyone. It’s a good steppingstone into fantasy, especially for science fiction lovers.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Body horror

bookcrushin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, War, Child death, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Self harm, and Violence

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief

princess424's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

This book was a rollercoaster. I went into this book knowing that the main characters didn’t have the best moral compasses but some of the things in this book were interesting. The plot twist were unexpected and I liked how the authors developed and explained the characters in a way were you knew they were villains but the reasons why were so compelling. These quite a bit of violence and gore in this book and it ends on a cliffhanger but I really liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Fire/Fire injury