Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

60 reviews

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

komurph'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Violence, Death, Suicide, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

radiocryptid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

Shidding and farding and crying in the club I am obsessed with this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Body horror, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcohol, and Gore

noveltay's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

This was a great, fast paced read! I enjoyed it all. The plot, the characters, how vivid the descriptions were and how I could easily picture it all playing out in my head. I’m not really into fantasy reads so starting out with a YA one was great for me! Enjoyable as a 25 year old reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Self harm, and Violence

leyliii's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

this book was not what I expected but it was very good nonetheless. the main characters are pretty complex and not very likable but interesting and messed up which keeps you invested. I kind of wish there was a bit more of a backstory with the two main characters and that they had a romance.. that would've made things a lot more interesting and not just because I like gay people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

isabellew6's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

pasavedra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Violence, Hate crime, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, Confinement, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

emily_reads09's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Death, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Medical content, Gore, Blood, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Police brutality, Confinement, and Ableism

ttumbletree'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Torture

tinylittlerat's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

really didn’t like this book, entire book leads up to the end which was mediocre at best and didn’t meet my expectations at all and was just bad. the book is just two white boys being superhero’s - but they’re edgy so they’re actually sooo cool - and them just indirectly fighting each other, the side characters are also white and one of them is a tween girl who is basically being groomed by the main character. this book left no impression that it wasn’t a stand alone and when i found out i was surprised, if the first book was this crappy how bad is the second one, i decided to not read the sequel for exactly this reason and am better off for it. VE Schwab has been so hyped up on social media but her books are just so white and boring, i don’t know why so many people enjoy reading them.  the characters leave no impression and i couldn’t even remember what the plot was while i was reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail