Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Vilão by V.E. Schwab

247 reviews

ratkowe's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

While some of the more morbid aspects of the book were off putting, I found myself eager to learn about the characters history (as the book jumps between 10 years and current day) and how everything would come together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Murder

starsandscarsbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Torture, Animal death, Self harm, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Gun violence, Confinement, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Blood

heartsallure's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

you cannot give me a morally grey protagonist and expect me not to eat up every single word !!

genuinely was in a constant state of stress the entire time but i loooooooved this. will always enjoy a ragtag found family trope God Bless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Gun violence

clover258's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this shit is if you put kaishin and shadowpeach in a blender and then served it inside a glass made of death note and bungo stray dogs, though some parts need to be more fleshed out so as to not come out like it happen just bcs the writer want it to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Torture

booksbooksbooks505's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide attempt

clstrifes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Self harm

piperrhoads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Death

verpissdich's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

3.5

Fun read, occasionally relies on coincidence excessively to move plot along. Nothing terribly deep or philosophical. The ending ties up many loose ends very quickly and borders on unsatisfactory. Good for a quick, captivating read. I find her prose well balanced.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, and Drug abuse

hmccracken's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

on_your_raedar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was so good! Once I got into it, it was really hard to put down (the library due date helped some too 😂😂). 

Fastest summary: this book is about Eli, a college student, that does his thesis on extraordinary (EOs) people and his roommate Victor, the POV you spend majority of the book in, work together to test Eli’s theories into practice to see if they can make EOs. Victor accidentally kills someone with his gift and Eli turns him in and goes on a self righteous kick using religion as his motivator. You spend the whole book waiting for the V and E show down. 

I’m not sure if the intent was to make Victor a likeable character but I really liked him. Mitch was easily my favorite character, I really hope the6 make this into a movie or tv show and get his character right because I’d love to see him. Sydney was a solid character, she’s really young so I’m excited to see her growth if she’s in book 2, especially with

her not knowing that Victor killed her sister, not Eli. I can already feel the tension there, but I hope it works out.

 

Needless to say, I have book 2 ready to start and also another book by the author. I could easily see V.E. creeping into my top 5 authors and I’m ready.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Grief, Gaslighting, and Ableism