Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

72 reviews

oliverreeds's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

reyeve__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

first half was 5 star, second half was 3 stars so evened out to 4 overall. Literally perfect if Eli had better character motivation and the book was another 100 pages long imo, that, and the fact that most of the book felt pretty rushed is my only criticism. chefs kiss besides that. I LOVE v.e schwab’s writing style mmm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Self harm, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

pasavedra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Violence, Hate crime, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, Confinement, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

villainsandpoets'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

V. E Schwab could email me her to-do list and I would read it AND rate it 5 stars anywhere possible AND suggest it to everyone.  Best author of our times for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Torture, Blood, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

ttumbletree'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Torture

anntharai's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

A thoroughly entertaining and dark read, there’s a lot to chew over and think about with this book , an grand show of inventiveness from VES as I’ve come to expect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Violence, Drug use, Death, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol

katiezew's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Love the concept of this book. The ending is as satisfying as a story like this could be. Excited for the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol

goosegame's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Both main characters are awful and I love them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, and Drug abuse

jehansflowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

GOOD SHIT

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War

the suicide is for Science Reasons, but is still relatively graphic. animal death is a dog, & isnt permanent

one of the characters has the ability to raise the dead, and has to raise the dog twice

alice_clay's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Bullying