Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

48 reviews

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

kaseybereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.75

great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Torture, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

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

nyssbomb's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Suicide

alexiab's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

This book was almost on par with the first in terms of general storytelling method, except I found it lacked a fair bit of what made the first book so compelling. 

The shift in focus away from Victor and Eli, and spending so much time on backstory for new characters that still didn’t feel important, threw a bit of a wrench in the story for me. Of all the new characters, I found June the most interesting and I think she got the least amount of development. I couldn’t find it in me to care about Marcella, and I wish more had gone into Sydney and Mitch, or even more time with Victor and Eli. 

Overall I still enjoyed this book and I love what I did get for Victor and Eli, but a lot of the side stuff felt like filler that wasn’t necessary, especially since a lot of it clearly won’t be brought into the third book when it’s eventually released. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

kodi_rae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Sexism, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

acrea17's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

While not as good as Vicious, Vengeful holds up as a decent sequel! This installment toes the line even more with our morally grey characters (Victor, Eli, and even Sydney) and gives a little more insight into the world of EOs and expands upon the idea of tracking EOs down for personal and possible governmental gain. We explore EON, where our old friend Stell captures, analyzes, and possibly neutralizes EOs as a way to both understand them and ensure they are not a threat to society. This part of the book takes on a dystopian quality and has A Brave New World vibes. I absolutely adore this series and was overjoyed when V.E. Scwab announced there would be a third installment in the next few years (along with the upcoming graphic novels!!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death