Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

112 reviews

xcampuskiddo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Police brutality

katiedalton's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

I think Vicious was a better book, I felt that Vengeful couldn’t decide if it was going to be book 2/3 or 2/2. Plot wise I wasn’t sure if it was going to wrap up nicely or if it was trying to set itself up for another book. 

why was June so obsessed with Syd? Like I wanted to know more the whole book and it didn’t happen. And it leaves on this “cliff hanger” of June deleting her info at EON?but we don’t know that much about her either…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Medical content

Moderate: Gun violence

aschers's review against another edition

3.5

This is my review for both Vicious and Vengeful: 
This series started out as such an intriguing story of academic exploration gone too far. Victor and Eli were cold, ambitious men with a fervour for success and righteousness to rival many. They were perfectly staged to become rivals, even before the introduction of such power to their dynamics. This series was the definition of morally grey, though I do think by the end both Victor and Eli are leaning more on the side of villains. Neither Victor nor Eli were very loveable on their own, though a soft spot for Victor was formed through his attachments to Sydney, a young girl with an uncanny power. The first book was fabulous in its plot and execution. The second book starts out by adding a new perspective, Marcella. I loved the powerful energy of Marcella and her female rage. While she likely took it a bit far, I appreciated her characters ability to highlight the overlooking of women in stories of heroes, villains and power. The second book was a bit slower than the first and I would have loved to have had more time with our female characters perspectives. The turning of the tables in the second book was well done and the ending was very satisfying. I think the overall narrative of what power can do to people was well done. Overall a thrilling heroes versus villains story with all the morally grey parts to match. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Murder

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Gore, Murder, and Death

Minor: Animal death

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Abandonment, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Animal death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Sexual content, and Addiction

lucyyvonne54's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Torture, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Animal death, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

psliz's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

underdeveloped. would've been better if the two main storylines were split into their own books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Child abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal death

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

i have so many issues with this book idek where to start. i actually enjoyed the first one and got so excited for this one (especially after reading marcella’s intro chapters), but this was just disappointing. victoria tried to fit WAY too many storylines and new characters into this book. and it doesn’t help her case that her storytelling was, at times, extremely messy. on top of that, the structure of these books did not help that issue at all. i also could not vibe with june’s character. which is disappointing bc her power is cool. anyways i’m about to go off in the spoiler <3

first of all, i expected that when sydney found out that victor was the one who killed serena it would be more dramatic? maybe a little tense? but instead i was let down and we moved on almost immediately. like hello??? next, and i hate to say this, i think dol should have stayed dead this time. i’m glad victoria kept him for a majority of the story, but it would’ve felt more complete to add him to the final deaths. and it would’ve built up sydney’s character. speaking of building her character, WHY did we go through ALL of that with the dead birds just for sydney to decide in ONE PARAGRAPH that she did not want to revive serena?? i honestly would’ve preferred she tried it and failed. finally, eli’s death was boring. i was expecting an insane emotional battle between him and victor that ended in something so dramatic and lowkey sensual, but instead he just…died. like that was next level disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death and Stalking

caitlinschillo'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, and Body horror