Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

101 reviews

hmurff's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

Minor: Confinement

tulilipz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

wait what????? but i still have so many questions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Eating disorder, and Classism

thewildmageslibrary's review

4.5

4.5 rounded up! This was fantastic and I couldn't stop reading (finished it in one sitting XD). And honestly the moment

Ellis was like, let's reenact the murders, I was like NO BAD IDEA XD

and I was right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

crackedspines_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Grief, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Violence, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Racism and Drug use

ableism: against someone with psychotic depression medical content: mentions of hospitalization, medication

miabellawymer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Read at your own risk. 

Oh my God. This book drove me insane. I was captivated from the start, and this book will haunt me for years. Felicity and Ellis are both nuts in their own way, and it makes for an intriguing read. The end, however, was dissatisfying. What the hell was that. I am traumatised.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

bookishpaula's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Grief, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, and Murder

ka_ke'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lesbians. Witchcraft. Murder. Dark Academia. What more could you possibly want? A Lesson in Vengeance is a good book. It’s filled with a diverse cast of lovable girls, discusses the difficulties behind families, queer identities, and mental health, all while holding a sense of mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mental illness, Cursing, Murder, Vomit, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Abandonment, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I received this book in a subscription box last year and was initially excited to read it, but it kept getting bumped on my TBR for no real reason. I finally picked this up and I was moderately impressed by the plot and the "twist" of a mystery. 
"A Lesson in Vengeance" follows Felicity, a teenager who is returning to her boarding school with a heavy heart because last year her girlfriend was killed. Felicity does get to live in her old room in the most coveted house at Dalloway School: Godwin House. Witchcraft is a part of Dalloway's history and Felicity has spent her time at the school studying the witchcraft that is rumored to have taken place in its walls. Felicity believes that her girlfriend was murdered because of witchcraft, so she is more determined than ever to uncover all of Dalloway's secrets. Now a prodigy novel writer, Ellis, has joined Felicity at Godwin House in the hopes that Felicity will help Ellis write her next big story. With Ellis's special brand of "help" can Felicity finally make peace with herself and uncover what really happened in Dalloway's sinister past?
This book piqued my interest because it is pitched as dark academia with mystery and witches, and I thought this would be a great novel to get into the spooky season mood. I thought the novel itself was set up interestingly and had an intriguing twist, but I did not enjoy Felicity as a character. I felt like Felicity was very two dimensional and an annoying point of view to read from. She continually makes poor decisions that I wanted to slap her for, and her overall reasoning for most things felt a little loose. I also REALLY disliked Ellis. She is such a strange person who will use whoever she can to write her story. 
Overall, this book is fine, I had an okay time reading it, and I recommend it for the general YA audience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Death

_ladypearce_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief

eparris's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

Minor: Grief