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hareen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lizzardimus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-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? It's complicated
3.75
baileydakkota's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Suicidal psychopaths friends to enemies - but were they ever really friends?
This is the second book by VE Schwab that I have picked up and boy was I surprised by this one. As I have come to expect, the prose itself it beautiful and well written but coming from the slow melodrama feel of Gallant to the much faster pace of this crime thriller was a change i thoroughly enjoyed.
None of the characters are good people and yet I still like several of them. Will be reading the rest of the series ASAP.
This is the second book by VE Schwab that I have picked up and boy was I surprised by this one. As I have come to expect, the prose itself it beautiful and well written but coming from the slow melodrama feel of Gallant to the much faster pace of this crime thriller was a change i thoroughly enjoyed.
None of the characters are good people and yet I still like several of them. Will be reading the rest of the series ASAP.
tsxviii's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
macoliver28's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
calamity_mary's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
emilyeliz's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
nataliestorozhenko's review against another edition
5.0
“Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”
This book was very comforting for me in a weird way. Not because of the disturbing things that were happening on its pages. But because this book contains well-executed elements of everything I love about books. Complicated and multidimensional characters with a lot of issues, subtle magical system heavily intertwined with academia, found family and friends-to-rivals/enemies plot.
“If Eli really was a hero, and Victor meant to stop him, did that make him a villain?
He took a long sip of his drink, tipped his head back against the couch, and decided he could live with that.”
See how great is that? I had a great time with this book and I expect "Vengeful" to be just as good because it's evident that Victoria Schwab is a legend.
This book was very comforting for me in a weird way. Not because of the disturbing things that were happening on its pages. But because this book contains well-executed elements of everything I love about books. Complicated and multidimensional characters with a lot of issues, subtle magical system heavily intertwined with academia, found family and friends-to-rivals/enemies plot.
“If Eli really was a hero, and Victor meant to stop him, did that make him a villain?
He took a long sip of his drink, tipped his head back against the couch, and decided he could live with that.”
See how great is that? I had a great time with this book and I expect "Vengeful" to be just as good because it's evident that Victoria Schwab is a legend.