Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

164 reviews

mimpart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favorite book of the year so far. Incredible suspense, fantastic characters, really amazing plot development and twists in the pacing, love the ending. I kept getting mad at myself for not finishing the story to see how it ends. A must-read for the poetic at heart, the Bard enthusiasts and the dark academics

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Gore, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

theotheleo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

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

galena19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book reminds me of the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug use, Body shaming, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Homophobia

saracha22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Longer than it need to be, and I found the Shakespearean pidgin dialogue pretentious and hard to read. But I did like the ending, it felt fitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Blood, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Grief

luckyyz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Eating disorder

mamatrauma's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Death, Cursing, and Mental illness

julells's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book is frustrating, gut-wrenching and absolutely heartbreaking.
I hated it.
Go read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Grief, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexism, Bullying, Classism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, and Sexual content

phoebees's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book changed me in the best way. A beautiful (haunting) exploration of obsession and addiction to art. the characters are intentionally relatable, but exaggerated in the way that only Shakespeare can. 
A love letter to Shakespeare obsessors, tormented queers, and emotionally unwell theatre kids. 
for fans of the marauders, any Shakespeare play, dead poets society, and dark academia <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, and Homophobia