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Vicious by V.E. Schwab

108 reviews

ryankaybee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

rosenau's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Car accident, Body horror, Torture, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

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

takarakei's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

I really enjoyed the first half (part 1) of this book, and I think this is because I love the way Schwab describes things. Victor is a dark MC but you feel drawn to him. The second half was a bit long and the ending was pretty predictable. I am interested to see where this series continues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

Parental abandonment(or just shit parents). Animal death:

don’t stay dead

menacingsouls's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use

emilo's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

WOW. This was excellent. Genuinely thrilling and so dark and suspenseful which I’m a bit surprised by as my only other knowledge of V.E. Schwab’s work is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue which has its moments of darkness but is so vastly different. Kudos to Schwab for now giving me two books, one swoon-worthy and one brooding, that I’ve completely fallen in love with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Stalking, Mental illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Child death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

lakebreeze's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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: Cursing, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

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