Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

37 reviews

oliverreeds's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

emily_reads09's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Death, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Medical content, Gore, Blood, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Police brutality, Confinement, and Ableism

suresorrythanks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Alcoholism

rachael___'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, and Murder

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

dailyroan's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

Ending was a little bit predictable but not until you learn more about the characters and what is about to happen. So the ending was a little bit of a let down, but! I am still excited for the second book and it was still an awesome read. Really good and refreshing from my normal choice of genre. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Not heavy in the dark subjects

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

kodi_rae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While I think so far I like the Darker Shade of Magic series better, this was a fun and unique read! I’m looking forward to the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Drug abuse

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Stalking

rachtabitha'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Minor: Cursing, Suicide, and Addiction