Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

354 reviews

zonnestraal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Vicious. No wonder it's called that. This book is certainly no walk in the park, unless the park is dark and you get stabbed by someone while walking through it. This was a really well written book, with complex thoughts, as 'is there really good or bad?' I liked how the book switched between different timelines and wasn't a chronical recounting. The supernatural system was well explained and fascinating. A lot of murders. A lot of death (but there is a cheat in the game, so not all deaths are definitive). It's a very good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt

ashley_turch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Minus one star for sad dog content 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

Animal Death warning info:

The dog dies and comes back to life twice, ultimately living in the end. The deaths are described, which I personally had to skip over. Luckily he ended up being ok.

thisisuru's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Self harm, Animal death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Blood, and Violence

radwritingdesk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence

tannerisboring's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Violence, and Gore

katbotelho's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

theres a lot going on in this book but i really enjoyed it,, there were times where i had to put the book down bc it was just straight up overwhelming how much was going on, but i will be reading the next one anyway. also i think this book wrote the definition for morally grey characters. 

also  couldve done without so much self harm tho but alas

anyway im taking away half a star simply for serenas annoying ass

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

snaileton's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

a psychopath who is gay and homophobic meets a sociopath who is incredibly good at masking in university. both die and come back Wrong. homoerotic murderous shenanigans ensue. absolutely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Torture

strawberrytops's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I could not put this down. I wanted to read it in one sitting, and had to actively stop myself from doing so knowing it would give me nightmares if I did. It’s haunting. Addictive. I highly recommend, but not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Torture, Drug abuse, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death

isabezza's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Torture, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

imcarsick's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Death