Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

45 reviews

juliasbooklife's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Addiction, Death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Self harm, Torture, and Toxic relationship

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Murder, Blood, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Drug use

avajhall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

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

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

Minor: Sexual assault

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: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

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

Minor: Self harm, Rape, and Suicide attempt

wrbueche's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Torture, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide attempt

noveltay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

I enjoyed Vicious more, but this was fantastic. I like how lots of characters were introduced, but it wasn’t overwhelming to follow along. Some of the new characters really, really got under my skin while the others were either hard to figure out or I couldn’t care for. 

Without spoiling: what happened to Eli in the lab… made my skin crawl and stomach twist.

It ended on some loose ends and if she finished writing here, I’d understand but at the same time I’d hope some of those ties were pulled together in a 3rd book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Self harm, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

perseusj4ckson's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Body horror, Gun violence, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

nebulasaurus's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

rosecoloredbooks's review against another edition

I really enjoyed Vicious so I was excited to start the sequel, but I struggled with the physical book so I picked up the audio. It started out fine but felt completely different from Vicious. I felt like it was dragging and the whole segment with Eli's backstory could've been done in the first book without problem. I wasn't fond of the new characters and it felt just... less. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Torture, Death, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Blood