Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Vilão by V.E. Schwab

324 reviews

jeyjeyyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

Fun fun fun! Got kind of bored in the beginning of the second half, but I think it’s more on me and my disastrous attention span than the book’s fault. Vicious is action upon action mixed with dark characters and complicated relationships + a very nice found family that I don’t think enough people talk about. Liked it a lot. 
(I did think the ending was a bit rushed though, would’ve liked a longer scene between Eli and Victor since well… the entire book kind of builds up to it) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Toxic friendship, Medical content, and Alcohol

sareadings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Mental illness, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Self harm and Animal death

christineplum's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Ableism, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible. Adored every second of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death and Gun violence

coelwa's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Self harm, Death, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

maralaene's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the second time that I’ve had a chance to read this, and I loved it just as much as the first. 

I absolutely loved the storytelling in this book and the cast of characters that Victoria has created are absolutely fantastic. Especially since you go into this story, not quite understand who will end up the hero and who will end up the villain, even up until the very end. I absolutely adored the main cast of characters, including our somewhat sociopathic anti-hero Victor, but especially Mitch and Sydney. And who doesn’t love a dutiful pet sidekick

especially when you know they aren’t going to die, since Victoria has made that very clear in every interview she’s ever given

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If you are looking for a morally gray story, with a strong cast of characters, and a unique yet logical magic power system, then I highly recommend giving this a try! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Blood

blossompossum's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Flatliners vibes with superhero's, I like it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Animal death, Torture, Violence, Death, Stalking, and Self harm

haveyouseencass's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

catsnebulareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Animal death, and Child death