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Vingança by V.E. Schwab

35 reviews

bookthief404's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

Incredible. 
Once again Schwab doesn't disappoint. 
I love the set up of starting from an unknown point and only giving the reader snippets from '3 weeks ago' to 'yesterday afternoon'. I loved putting the pieces together of what the separate characters were doing and seeing it all come together. The anticipation as the time got shorter leading to the climax was really fun to watch unravel. 

The ending was satisfying yet not at all. I like how open-ended Shwab left it. We sympathise with Victor already so we are relieved when he 'wins' (if you can call it that), and yet there isn't really a happy-family happy ending as we were led to hope for. 
This is the kind of thing I love. I wish Sydney and Mitch and even June all the best until I meet them again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nyssbomb's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

the_othersidewv's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Death, Drug use, Racism, and Grief

alaynatabor's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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: Death, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Medical trauma

emohell's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

victor vale my beloved asexual........ i really liked this one but i have mixed feelings on the marcella plotline.... i think in combination with both eli and victor's plotlines there just ended up being a lot going on at one time.... that being said once the third act hits it's all smooth sailing from there i still get chills when i think about "run" "chase me"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death and Drug use

Minor: Domestic abuse and Misogyny