Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

678 reviews

kultumirjam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Okay, I can now join the kids these days in saying that I am obsessed. After a certain point I could not put the book down. The main thing for me wasn't the plot, which is also there for those readers who appreciate a well-woven, intriguing plot. The characters are exquisitely written and there's just something I can't quite grasp that reeled me in completely and made me FEEL so deeply on so many levels. Why did this book have to end?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Violence, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse

oakairi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Bullying, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Sexism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, and Vomit

maiaiaia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

abbypeekreads'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Vomit

_cararichardson's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed reading this, but I think I missed out on some context since I don’t know much about Shakespeare or theatre in general. I think if you like Shakespeare and dark academia vibes, you’d love this. Definitely in the same category as a Secret History. Liked the dark academia vibes, good writing,  but I wasn’t super into Oliver as a character. He just seemed a little flat, and I didn’t understand him that well. Despite that, I did have a good time with this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, and Suicide

tetedump's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, and Vomit

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.5

Reading this book traps you in a spiral, coiling tighter and tighter until its inevitable end. The tension builds and builds and builds and builds and snaps in the most gloriously messy Shakespearean way. I actually wish I knew more about Shakespeare after reading this book. I feel like I missed references. Not just in the direct quotes, but in the roles the characters play, in the narrative structure, in relationships, in the ending. I suspect this book, as good as it is as a first read, will fare better for me as a reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Bullying, Eating disorder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit and Homophobia

grace_loves_lizards's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

It was alright, some things just kind of came out of nowhere though. Read if you liked the Secret History but want somewhat less problematic characters and not as dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide

lizmarvel's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

duskisses's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

“take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die.”

this book hooked me in quickly. i loved the campus setting, the theatre dramatics and just the over all autumn/winter vibes. it’s a great read for those seasons.  

there were moments where i found the characters to be so pretentious. i hated the constant shakespeare quotes being brought into regular conversations. i also thought the characters were over dramatic even for theatre students. 

the buildup was slow but not boring, however, i was really interested in james and oliver’s relationship dynamic and i wish we got to see some queer love scenes or atleast a conversation with the two regarding that. the ending broke my heart completely and im just so sad for oliver and james. 

overall, its a good book, i would give it a higher ranking had i not had shakespeare being shoved down my throat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, and Murder