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A review by miaaa_lenaaa
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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
4.0
‘But sometimes he couldn’t quite leave them behind and learn to be himself again’
‘Silence settled, and i was struck by the senseless idea that we and everything around us was made of glass. I was afraid to breathe, afraid to move, afraid something might break.’
‘The water, too, was still, and I thought, what liars they are, the sky and the water. Still and calm and clear, like everything was fine, and really, it never would be again.’
‘When was the last time you made a mark like this on someone and didn’t know you were doing it.’
‘If he knows how easily he can hurt me, what’s going to make him stop?’
‘Unsure of whether i was trying to protect her or control her or both.’
‘It seemed that soo long as we did it together, our individual sins might be abated. There is no comfort like complicity.’
‘Already I’d found a thousand things to be afraid if. What is one of us let something slip? Talked in our sleep? Forgot how the story was supposed to go? Or perhaps
we’d walk on tiptoes the rest of our lives, waiting for the thread to snap, the axe to fall.’
I enjoyed this dont get me wrong I’m just mad about the end
‘Silence settled, and i was struck by the senseless idea that we and everything around us was made of glass. I was afraid to breathe, afraid to move, afraid something might break.’
‘The water, too, was still, and I thought, what liars they are, the sky and the water. Still and calm and clear, like everything was fine, and really, it never would be again.’
‘When was the last time you made a mark like this on someone and didn’t know you were doing it.’
‘If he knows how easily he can hurt me, what’s going to make him stop?’
‘Unsure of whether i was trying to protect her or control her or both.’
‘It seemed that soo long as we did it together, our individual sins might be abated. There is no comfort like complicity.’
‘Already I’d found a thousand things to be afraid if. What is one of us let something slip? Talked in our sleep? Forgot how the story was supposed to go? Or perhaps
we’d walk on tiptoes the rest of our lives, waiting for the thread to snap, the axe to fall.’
I enjoyed this dont get me wrong I’m just mad about the end
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship