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Vicious by V.E. Schwab

44 reviews

corabookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

characters - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
plot - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
writing - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Death of parent

deadpoetsam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

rkusty23's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Drug use

katreadswaytoomuch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

A fantastic evolution from YA fantasy to Adult Fantasy!

Little to no focus on romance

We love a morally grey character, but Victor is as grey as they come. Everything is a means to an end and something or someone has value based on how useful they are to him. It’s incredible to watch his mind work.

There’s also some really great ethical questions posed around self-awareness and humanity. Some of the observation were really clever.

And the last chapter was just 😆😆😆❤️❤️❤️ icing on the cake

Please look up the potential triggers for this book. I’ll include a list below that I noticed because I’ll admit I struggled with some of the violence in this 

I will be honest. It’s really hard being surprised by death when there’s a character who can revive the dead. There. I said it. Unfortunately I think that really took away from the oh no they’re dead factor because it was established pretty early on in the book, but it’s still there like, “oh no can she not do it this time for some reason”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

starryeyedenigma's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 V E Schwab simply never disappoints. Although the Shades of Magic trilogy is still my favorite so far (I mean I have only read 5 books written by her and three of them belong to the Shades of Magic trilogy), this book has given the trilogy a mighty competition, and who knows, they might tie if I think so once I finish Vengeful :)

I love X-Men and the whole Magneto/Professor X conflict. And I love books about morally ambigous characters. And even better, I love anti-heroes - Loki anyone? The story in the first book revolves around two EOs (Extra Ordinaries) - Victor and Eli. The story is extremely fast paced with superb supporting characters such as Serena, Sydney and Mitch (I love Mitch) and never bores even till the end.

The theme in the book is great for book club discussions - what do you have to trade to get a superpower? Who is a hero and who is a villain? Are there any good people or are there only bad, worse and unlucky people? Looks like this theme has been coming up a lot in the fiction I've been reading and watching - Vicious, Word of Honor, Dead to Me - and its something I am extremely interested in as a topic of discussion.

So yes, if any of the above subjects interests you, I absolutely recommend this book :) Also, Happy Bday month - VE Schwab!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Animal death

alaynatabor's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

sorilis's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

The main characters are terrible people, but that doesn’t stop me from liking them. V.E. Schwab is such a great author and the shift in timelines on this story is just a fantastic and fitting storytelling device. 

How do people with powers get their powers? <In this story, they get them by having near-death experiences, and the ability acquired reflects the person’s psyche./> I think it’s an interesting and refreshing take on the superpower “hero” trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

oktuber's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The pacing at the beginning of the book was pretty slow. It seemed as though the author was trying to avoid writing just an origin story and instead telling that origin through flashbacks. But this led to every single thing that would have been mysterious, such as whether they will actually become ExtraOrdinaries or what certain character’s powers are, being easily spotted chapters before the big “reveal.” The ending was great, going from about the middle of the book onward, but the beginning was underwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Stalking, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Drug use

ufojules's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm, Drug use, and Animal death

Minor: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

cinderellagirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Death, and Blood