Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

88 reviews

em_of_swags's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Drug use

shahdhazem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I had so much hope that this would be my first 5 star read for 2023 but sadly it didn't live up. This duology is perfect in so many ways I can't even begin to explain how amazing VE Schwap is for writing these characters and this world. I got into vengeful really weary because vicious was so so good I was scared this will ruin it. But surprisingly so from the first chapter hell from the prologue even I changed my mind. It was going so so well good pace, mindblowing characters and backstories and a writingstyle that's out of this world. I was enjoying it to the max till I got to the end and was really really shocked by how the book ended. My main problem is that I didn't get the closure I needed and also there were so many things left unexplained. Later I learned there's a third book but honestly I wanted it to end here even tho I'd love to see the characters again but it'd have been better for the story. Last but not the least would I recommend the series? Absolutely yes I guarantee that if you're like me into morally-grey characters and extraordinary stories you'd have the time of your life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

juliasbooklife's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Addiction, Death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Self harm, Torture, and Toxic relationship

keepcalmblogon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Cut to Vengeful in which things get even darker. I don’t even know if I would call any of what happens morally grey because there does not seem to be a character left without blood on their hands. For a series called Villains, this is the ultimate tentative conclusion…because the story hasn’t actually ended there, the third book, Victorious, is coming! Do we trust anything that gave us closure in the end of Vengeful? I wouldn’t trust these characters as far as I could throw them, and I can’t throw them because they’re incorporeal!

5 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, and Animal death

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Violence, Medical trauma, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

bia_who's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Drug use, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol and Animal death

Minor: Abandonment and War

lily_marigold's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal death, and Sexual harassment

memento_morri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

darkty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Can't stop thinking about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Drug use

snapweed's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault