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ghostlyprince 's review for:
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt
Minor: Homophobia, Classism
Near the end of the book when the truth behind a character's death is revealed, the murdered character uses the word Queer as a slur towards a character and their friend, main protag's sister is shown in about four chapters struggling with an eating disorder and it's discussed heavily within those chapters, A character is caught using cocaine and reveals they've been regularly using it and later the same character overdoses on pills (unknown whether it was on purpose or not), a character's boyfriend starts to physically abuse her and publicly slutshame her