Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

71 reviews

lily_marigold's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Medical content, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Child death, and Alcohol

amaya_jam's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.5

this book was so fun and such a nice repose from my usual dense classics and literary fiction.

though this story is part of a series, I truly believe that it could be left as a standalone. the ending was plenty satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Murder, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Blood, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Gore, Gun violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, and Stalking

Minor: Medical content and Mental illness

maevemil's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement, Blood, Toxic friendship, Death, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, and Child death

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I guess, hence the title, I was hoping to
root for a villain or morally gray character, but ended up feeling deceived. 
the real trick here is thinking the mc is the villain, when he's actually the hero, and having questionable morals sums up to lack of empathy. 

I don't even know what makes him a villain, is it his upbringing and the way the world seem to defy him? isn't being misunderstood by 'society' at the beginning is a part of the hero trope? 

I liked victor more when he was human, the only part of himself lost to becoming EO was the ability to keep my attention. He stopped observing, and we weren't immersed into his inner thinking anymore (besides from a casual "I want to make ever bleed" every now and then) 

another thing that was lacking for me was Ever and Victor's relationship. 
Victor was pinning over him only a little bit at the beginning, and even though we're told he later on became obsessed with wanting to kill him, I don't think it really came through. 
their friendship building lacked some feelings that were essential for rooting for them later on. 
Not enough heartache, and we didn't see Evers side all these years other than the over religious thing he had going on. Did he just forget about Victor? 

Speaking of that, the author just mentions once throughout the whole book that Ever has grown in an abusive household causing religious trauma, which only victor knows about , but it's never used later on. 
I can't even say it made their connection deeper, because they don't mention anything. 
The only explanation i could think of is that it's meant to be explored in the sequel, but i still find it lacking. 

At last, the end of the book, the grand finale. I expected to at least have some sort of a conversation between the two mc. 
Instead it's a shooting range and then we're done. 

However, I don't want to bash the book completely. 
I did enjoy the begining, read it fast, and felt that the characters had a lot of potential. It's a nice misfits come together and found family story, for those in search of similar tropes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Police brutality, Torture, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

rosenau's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Body horror, Torture, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Classism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Torture, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

takarakei's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed the first half (part 1) of this book, and I think this is because I love the way Schwab describes things. Victor is a dark MC but you feel drawn to him. The second half was a bit long and the ending was pretty predictable. I am interested to see where this series continues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

Parental abandonment(or just shit parents). Animal death:

don’t stay dead

isabella_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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, Gun violence, Death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Animal death