Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

221 reviews

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I was really close to marking this book as a DNF because the Act I of this book was incredibly boring to me until the last two scenes/chapters of it. I hadn't wanted to pick up this book at all until about scene 11-12 of Act I. 

But I am so glad that I pushed through, because from Act II until the end had me hooked. I was feeling all the emotions with this book once things started to pick up more.

This was an incredible read over I got into it. I loved the characters, faults and all. Aside from Richard. I don't think I could ever like him, but I think that's kinda the point, your not meant to like him.

The epilogue of this book got me though. I was close to tears several times throughout this book, but the epilogue was what got me. It's such a bittersweet ending. I'd for sure recommend, but like I said the first act was incredibly boring and difficult to get through for me. But once you get through that the book is great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Medical content, Suicide, and Vomit

llcardenas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Eating disorder, and Drug use

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, Death, Blood, Addiction, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, and Homophobia

icedpinecones's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

This book is complex to rate as it has many high points and many lows. The good is seen in the story of James and Oliver, the prose being a mix of screenplay and standard book writing and the complexities of other characters such as Meredith. Where there's ups there's also downs, the main twist/motive for the villain is poorly executed and really makes the whole thing fall short. Characters such as Alexander and Wren are poorly explored, with things just stated then ignored. I enjoyed it for the most part, but the characters that fall more lackluster make the book fall short and lag behind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

channamason's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I really wolfed down this book. this book is good- the characters and the setting are very interesting. however the pacing is relatively slow- not meaning it’s a slow read but more you’re expecting the pin to drop and it takes a longgggg while for it to in the second half. the ending was so wrapped up and honestly i didn’t find it very clever. i do appreciate the development of the relationships between characters- that was well done and felt very strong. but the mystery unraveling was overall the least interesting part of the book. for most of the book everyone acts like the murder was an accident and the resolution was really straight forward. intially i expected a red hearring when he found the murder weapon but it wasnt. spiritually akin to the secret history but definitely its younger way simpler shakespearean sister

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Vomit, and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny

madisonrhoff's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

While this was a bit traumatizing to relive my time as a theater kid, I loved this book. This definitely is not a read for everyone, but it appealed to many of my niche interests. I thought the characters were very believable, although stereotypical, but they each reminded me of people I’ve met in casts. Their dynamic is pretty accurate and their pretentiousness is exactly as I would expect. You were well set up to hate and/or love each character respective of their role in the “incident”. Though the ending was vague, I think it made a lot of sense. Especially because Oliver was living in isolation from the world for the past 10 years. Overall would recommend for the bards. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit and Eating disorder

nicjmorrow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? No

4.5

This is a shakespear play about college age kids doing Shakespeare. Such a wild book about mystery, how complicated life can be, not knowing how you feel at that age, with a murder plot!! This is an excellent book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Drug use, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Vomit

lottieingham's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit and Eating disorder

geerbeer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Heerlijk boek. Zou 5 sterren krijgen als het niet zóveel Shakespear was. Ik vind het heel vet gedaan, maar mijn Engels en kennis van Shakespear is niet goed genoeg om alles écht goed te begrijpen.

Ik houd wel echt van de meta dingetjes, dat de hoofdstukken geschreven zijn als aktes e.d. en ook hoe Shakespear-drama het allemaal is. Super goede en mooie world building en de karakters ook allemaal voldoende uniek om goed te kunnen volgen 😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Infidelity, and Body horror

skelleybean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Death, Murder, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Violence