Reviews tagging 'Death'

Visszavágó by V.E. Schwab

155 reviews

snapweed's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault

lukas_ty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

mini_malist's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

annierose's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

4.75

I liked Vengeful better than the first book in the series, probably mainly because it was considerably longer and took more time to build the story and the tension, even if it sacrificed the faster pace. I really feel like Eli's backstory slowed things down a little in this book and I think it should've been included in the first one instead, which in my opinion was missing some background for the characters. Another thing that bothered me a little was the amount of PoVs. I would've preferred if we'd just had three or four of them to follow. Some chapters felt a little bit like tangents and I think the info in them could've been included in other more creative ways into the main story. 

Overall, I enjoyed most of the characters in this book and seeing the tension build between them got me excited for the showdown at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Vengeful is to Vicious what Part II was to the first Godfather. Just so phenomenal from start to finish. It brought back characters we were already glued to in the first book but also gave us some brand new ones that actually wind up stealing the show a bit, including Marcella Morgan who is a “Good for Her” baddie for the ages. This was a satisfying conclusion to Victor and Eli’s story but honestly, Schwab is so talented that I’d absolutely read more about this world and these characters if she were to bring them out again to play some more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

lakebreeze's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sunrae_booknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book so much. I usually am not a fan of book two but this was better than the first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

aimicampbell's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

epsyphus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

The new characters and old ones balanced out nicely; I thought new ones forced the old ones into very interesting situations. The dual timeline thing was a little more complicated with more characters, but it was still manageable. I'd kill to read the third book right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death