Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

38 reviews

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

sydney and dol CARRIED! mixed up victor and eli’s hair colors for the ENTIRE book and didn’t notice until the last few chapters. only one or two awkward transitions or unnecessary moments; nothing crazy or unusual.

eli’s self harm scene was very poor in taste and could’ve been written better. a let down on schwab’s part.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

fernyfh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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