Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

14 reviews

nehaslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

i don’t usually read such books and also hate old english texts but this is an exception; i loved it so much!
i’m still processing the end but i will definitely reread at some point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

kastoria's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

A good book, incredibly well written for a debut novel and there are definitely twists that were unexpected. The Shakespeare is difficult to get used to and some of the characters are lukewarm but I did enjoy the book. Oliver is a rather passive protagonist but maybe that was why he was a good choice as a narrator for the story.

Oliver is a Head Empty, No Thoughts kinda guy and allows life to pass him by but it does make for good reading, watching the events unfold and relationships bloom before him without realising or knowing until it's spelled out, even his own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

A lot of dark themes covered although none out of place in the novel.

audreysreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Best book I’ve ever read. The layers in this book are outstanding. Even as you peak them back you still don’t know the truth. Until the final page there will be shocking events and dark fates. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicide

li_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book is all my favourite things wrapped up in one. I absolutely loved it, cannot wait to reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity