Reviews tagging 'Death'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

859 reviews

shahad_086's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Drug abuse, and Murder

theresa_timber's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, and Vomit

astridaw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Intriguing, tense plotline with superinteresting character and friendship dynamics. I wasn't super shocked by the ending but still liked it a lot, but found that there were still some unanswered plot holes that could have been developed more (and made the story even more interesting).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide and Sexism

p3ach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder

ketbergeron's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

ashtonjamesdean's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Holy hell this book destroyed me. The story had me absolutely hooked and I loved how the complex relationships between such strong and ambitious characters were written. I can’t think of many other books that have made me happy to feel so much dread and sadness while reading. Believe the hype, people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, and Suicide

rinniereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Murder, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Violence, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Homophobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

a_libraryghost's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

So to start with, I'm not very familiar with Shakespeare. While I've heard of most of the plays mentioned in the book, I don't know the story of them and didn’t always understand the Shakespearean language, which there is a lot of.  Most of it made sense though. 
What I love in this book is the characters-except for Meredith-and the college. Each of the 7 main characters are unique and have some depth to them (though some more than others). I even liked Richard at first and then he became genuinely scary, I like when the presence of a character immediately makes me nervous. It is also definitely allifned with the tragedy theme, this book actually made me cry. 

On the other hand it is. Too. Damn. Slow. I don't know if this is in keeping with the pace of a Shakespeare play but despite enjoying the story and wanting answers there were times I really had to push myself to keep reading. The mini subplot with his family seemed completely unnecessary and at times the story just started to feel drawn out. 

I also hate Meredith. I don't know if my hatred for her is fair but she really got on my nerves. Part of me hates her cuz she kept getting in the way of Oliver and James but she was also just manipulative and i hated how enamoured Oliver was with her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Murder and Eating disorder

th3bookthief's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Physical abuse and Death

Minor: Suicide