Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

79 reviews

kazli's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.25

A bit predictable, the ending made it worth it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

allapaz's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

I love Shakespeare, and I don't know that this would hit the same if I didn't, but dang, this was great. I will say while I love Shakespeare, I am not a Shakespeare scholar, so there were good chunks of this that went right over my head

like the passage left in the note at the end--I was like...okay....until I looked up discussions on the book and DANG what a cool ending

this merits a reread for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

hellothereforeitsalex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

A classic dark academia set up. A group of fourth year students at an elite arts university, with Shakespeare being the name of the game, when there is shift in casting, those who play more secondary roles are moved into the spot light, feelings and egos are bruised. Then one of the seven fourth years is found in the lake after weeks of being cruel towards the rest of the group but when they all have a motive, it’s hard to say who’s responsible or just an accident!! This plot kept me intrigued, I enjoyed that the story was split like a script into acts and scenes, it was actually really effective how each of the different acts were introduced by the main narrator in the later timeline then goes into the past timeline. The story dives into the complexities of human relationships emotions and motivations plus explores how far one would go for someone they love. 

⚠️ Google Trigger Warnings ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Bullying, Drug abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

brooke02's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicidal thoughts

shelfofunread's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Bullying, Violence, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Outing, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Murder, Vomit, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

tinstae's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

The reveal was predictable, but not so much what came after it. The slight predictability and how slow it felt at some parts, combined with what can be difficult reading if like me you're unfamiliar with theatrical and Shakespearean terminology is what brings this rating down. But otherwise, this is an interesting book and I'm glad to have read it. This might just be personal taste, but I'm not too sure it quite lives up to the hype of its online fandom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Bullying

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit, Eating disorder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

aas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

valgarciq's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Cursing, and Infidelity

cdt96's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

M.L Rio writes betrayal, loss, guilt and love excellently the characters are well rounded yet perfectly represent their given archetypes. Overall an excellent book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Biphobia, Blood, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder, Bullying, Addiction, Homophobia, Outing, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Biphobia, Cursing, Classism, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

xcharlotteliz's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Classism

Minor: Eating disorder