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A review by ghostlyprince
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Addiction
Minor: Classism and Homophobia
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