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Vicious by V.E. Schwab

35 reviews

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Classism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

I was hesitant to start this, since I wasn't the biggest fan of Addie LaRue. I am pleased to say that this is nothing like that book. It had me hooked from page 1, and I devoured the story. I've been burnt out on superheros lately, so it was nice to follow some villains. 

Each character feels unique, but also real. They all have their own personalities, and I found it really easy to fall in love with the ragtag group of found family. I see that this is supposed to be a series, and although I don't really see where it's going to go based on the ending, I definitely wouldn't mind spending more time with these characters. 

I did feel that the story was a tad too long. The short chapters definitely helped in mitigating that though. There are quite a few moments of "plot convenience", which is what brings it down to a 4 for me. Those moments really stick out to me, and unfortunately take me out of the story. 

Overall, I am just straight up happy with this book, and I'll be thinking about it a lot over the next few days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Self harm, Stalking, Blood, Death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

thebarbsdiary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I fell in love with Victor as a character, he might have been a little mentally unstable, but he was a likable character. Eli on the other hand, I despised this man so bad I hated seeing his name show up. V.E Schwab did such a great job of marking Eli as the antagonist, considering the fact I hated his guts most of the book. Sydney took some warming up to, even with her being a child at some points I wondered why she was even in the story. It all came together in the end and made sense. Vengeful is definitely on my next to-buy list, this cliffhanger was wild.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

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

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

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: Police brutality, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Torture, and Toxic friendship

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

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Took a quarter off bc of the future dumb angsty conflict that

Victor killed Serena

with Sydney blah blah blah and the pacing which was too off for me at times but other than that this was legitimately fun and absorbing to read. I had a nice time reading really felt like watching a thriller/superhero movie that distacts from the troubles of every day life. It's amusing but grounded too. I enjoyed it a lot after the bumpy start. I'm still kinda lost about the world building tho like I'm not clear on the whole setting situation like the penitentiary and the university and everything is in Merit or where Lockland was maybe it WAS explained but I drifted off. I also didn't get how EO's were already part of this universe's psyche and how the legends about them came to be or whatever but maybe it's explained on the second book idk. But yeah this was cool. VE doesn't wow me with her writing, but she does a hell of a job designing a hard to break away from story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Self harm, and Torture

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

tall_glass_of_hotness2021's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

5.0

NOBODY writes villains like VE Schwab. I am traumatized, I am hurt and I will never be the same again. This shook me to my very core. Read for a reminder that life is never eternal, and at the end, we are all…monsters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse

katreadswaytoomuch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A fantastic evolution from YA fantasy to Adult Fantasy!

Little to no focus on romance

We love a morally grey character, but Victor is as grey as they come. Everything is a means to an end and something or someone has value based on how useful they are to him. It’s incredible to watch his mind work.

There’s also some really great ethical questions posed around self-awareness and humanity. Some of the observation were really clever.

And the last chapter was just 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️ icing on the cake

Please look up the potential triggers for this book. I’ll include a list below that I noticed because I’ll admit I struggled with some of the violence in this 

I will be honest. It’s really hard being surprised by death when there’s a character who can revive the dead. There. I said it. Unfortunately I think that really took away from the oh no they’re dead factor because it was established pretty early on in the book, but it’s still there like, “oh no can she not do it this time for some reason”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence