Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Como Se Fôssemos Vilões by M.L. Rio

28 reviews

parkergeist's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Medical content, and Suicide

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Confinement, Drug use, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Sexism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Suicide, Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Transphobia, and Infidelity

Slut shaming. Overdose (non-graphic, non-POV character). Date rape/assault "jokes"; various bigoted comments and similes (one use of the G slur, "sex change" joke, descriptions such as "like a slave trader at auction" and "savage tribal drum beat"). Weird handling of EDs and addiction.

lizzieinmt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Finally a dark academia novel that holds its own next to The Secret History. This book emotionally destroyed me in the best way. I found that I quickly cared about the characters and they became very real. The setting and descriptive writing were gritty and felt so real, and all the lines of Shakespeare's words that the main characters used in their everyday language let us have glimpses of the depth of their range of emotions.

as we fell into act five and everyone really started to come apart it was so terribly sad, although I had guessed who had killed Richard from the beginning the entire truth of it was devastating. And I feel that it presented some difficult and deeply sad circumstances that really people could find themselves in. And watching the growing attachment between James and Oliver was gorgeous

  I'll absolutely read this book again, and although it was very sad, the themes of passion in art and the strong bonds of found family really made a lasting impact on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Addiction, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

It’s been a long time since a book has given me chills by just thinking about it. The characters make the plot feel real, the incorporation of Shakespeare is impeccable and the ending, is tragic. If We Were Villains is definitely a new favourite of mine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization

beca_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

If you like the Secret history or the Riot club your going to like this book. We follow a group of pretentious students at an elite Arts conservatory in America. The book starts with the main character Oliver being released from Prison for murder, we see him go back to the school with one of the detectives and over the course of the book discloses what truly happened. Oliver and his friends are studying Shakespeare as actors. They spend their time acting and reciting the works of Shakespeare. Each year they are given the same roles, but this time they are changed which causes unease and leads to a series of unfortunate events with one of them winding up dead. They then spend the rest of the book convincing the police and themselves that they have nothing to with the death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Homophobia, and Medical content

valpuri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Outing, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

inkslate's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Outing, Medical content, Gore, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

triptych_turning's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely adore this book. I literally cannot even articulate my feelings for this book because I love it so much. I absolutely, one-thousand-percent recommend it to anyone and everyone. Please read this book. It's so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Body shaming