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Vicious (Villains, #1)

V.E. Schwab

Start date: January 23, 2015

Finish date: January 24, 2015

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Jan 31, 2020 Cardi added it

Shelves: dnf

I requested this from the library after hearing a lot of cool things about it. I gave it about 100 pages but it was just not for me. DNF.

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Mar 04, 2014 Maryam rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, favorites

Actual rating : 3.5

I liked the book , and the only point prevented me giving it 4 star was it hadn't anything new. ...more

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Oct 10, 2016 eb rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: print, male-protagonist, adult, female-author, fiction, female-protagonist, super-powers, multiple-viewpoints

Hrm. I'm not sure how I feel about this story. I picked it up after tearing through the first two installments of A Darker Shade of Magic, and the comparison isn't terribly kind.

This is a first novel (or more accurately, first adult novel), and you can feel it. The odd set-up of current-time flashing back 10 years for a huge chunk of the book, and then flashing forward again-- well, the problem is that you loose the characters with all this structure.

I freaking loved Victor-- he was dark and ma ...more

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Feb 07, 2016 Andronike rated it it was ok

I really like the idea of this book. I like the story-line, and I like the writing style. For me though, everything remained superficial. I couldn't connect or engage with the characters, which may be part of the author's plan considering the themes, but it made it very difficult to want to finish the book. And that made me angry, because I really wanted to love this book! ...more

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