Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

31 reviews

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

sonicb00's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 I love this book so freaking much. This was absolutely fabulous. The alternating timelines give really good perspective to the story, and I love how she explores the concept of "what if the superpowered good guy isn't really good?" Sets us up with a fabulous morally grey protagonist who I love so much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

rab3lor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

"problemáticos... humanos... brincam... com... seus poderes"
 Foi uma leitura divertida e fluída. Boa pra entreter, mas não sempre. Tive momentos (mais do que gostaria) em que eu ficava um pouco entediado e com sono. Fielmente acredito que seja porque estou em uma outra vibe de livros (algo menos fictício), mas Vilão não deixou a desejar mesmo em tais circunstâncias.
 A escrita da V.E. Schwab é gostosa, fácil e realmente traz fluidez. Gostei muito da quantidade de capítulos e de como ela constantemente te faz acreditar em uma coisa e depois quebra sua expectativa (às vezes com algo bom, às vezes com algo ruim). Gostei bastante 😳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Murder

deadpoetsam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

alice000's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Abandonment

writteninthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

sara_bera's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

liveryaya's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

acrea17's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

Wow I l loved this book! It was genre bending (fantasy / sci-fi / thriller) and was so easy to get into. All the characters are so flawed and there’s so many morally grey characters and situations that keep you on your toes and make you unsure who you should root for (the answer is probably no one but the characters are so murky that there’s no clear line for so much of the book.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Police brutality

Minor: Abandonment and Addiction

lattefairies's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm giving this a 5 because im physically unable to give it anything else but upon reread I can now say that my favourite schwab series is the archived (for now 😂)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Self harm

Minor: Addiction and Animal cruelty