The easiest 5 stars I've ever given. Full review to come! I just need to gather my thoughts.

I know you’re never supposed to humanize characters that evidently are not human in every non-physical way, but I would die for my asexual fashionista morally fraudulent father, Victor Vale.

WHAT THE HELL EVERYONE IS SO MESSED UP. BUT THATS WHAT MADE IT SO AMAZING.

”Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labelled a villain for trying to stop them. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”(Just in case you actually want to read my full review. *lol* You can read it here!)This is easily one of the best books I’ve read in 2019 and that’s quite something, because I already read so many other awesome books this year. To give “Vicious” 5 stars was a no-brain...

"Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human."I actually received an 100-page preview of Vicious a few months prior to reading the full version and picked it up with absolutely zero expectations. Then, suddenly, I was catapulted into a world that did more than keep the promises of the blurb - A masterful, twisted tale of ambition, jealousy, betrayal, and superpowers, set in a near-future world - but also introduced me to a memorable cast of characters,...

A Tale of Two Sociopaths.One is just ever so slightly more lovable than the other...This was right up my alley with all the Create-A-Superhero stuff!The reality, of course, is that neither of these guys are heroes. Victor and Eli were college roommates who experimented with a theory that Eli had about how Extra Ordinary people were created. Turns out he was right. Ta-da! Due to some unfortunate factors, Victor's transformation doesn't go quite as smoothly as Eli's. And because of that little

5/5 ⭐ Buckle up, there's a rant ahead. You know a book is going to obsess the hell out of me when I fall in love with the main character from the first chapters and the main character happens to be a villain.*Whoopsie*It’s true.I was barely three chapters in, the time was 1 in the morning and I already decided that I am definitely going to love this. And big surprise, I did.You know why? Lemme tell you.Because there is something completely mesmerising about the way V.E. Schwab writes. If you a...

*EDIT*I re-read Vicious for another book club 4 years on and I still really enjoyed it! This time it was closer to a 4 star read - I wanted a little more development with some of the charcters.First-read rating: 5Wow. I absolutely loved Vicious, it kept me hooked right from the get-go and as things got more and more intense, I could not put it down!I plan on filming a full review soon alongside the #LittleBookClub liveshow, so I will be back with more detailed thoughts!Verdict: READ IT YO :)

When I finished the very last page of Vicious, I felt a breathless exhilaration course through my body in a stream of anxious energy. I had an urge to get up and pace with impatience. I started this book in the morning and finished it that same evening when I finally looked up from my book, shocked by the dark sky. It was like exiting a movie theater after watching a film. Those hours you spent in the blackness of the theater are not actually part of time. They feel like a slice of an alternate

on the scale of black to white, this book falls right down the middle. i have never read something so morally grey, so ethically ambiguous, so downright dark and absolutely pleasant at the same time. goodness me, this book was a trip in the best way possible. i absolutely love the idea of anti-heroes. i love taking characters that we are meant to despise, but end up empathising and somewhat admiring them instead. maybe that makes me personally questionable, but wow. i loved how messed up and arr...

Vicious (adj.):1) Having the nature or quality of vice or immorality.2) Dangerously aggressive, marked by violence or ferocity.3) Victor Vale. “Victor was out. Victor was free.And Victor was coming for Eli - just as he'd promised he would.” Eli and Victor used to be best friends. Smarter than the rest of the students of Lockland University, they tried to play God. Fascinated by the rumors about EOs, ExtraOrdinary people with supernatural abilities, they studied them at first, but late...

Vicious is the story of a villain and a hero. Or, that's what it disguises itself as. It's really the story of five different morally grey characters, all out for themselves, battling it out. This is a book that explores the hero / villain dichotomy and promptly shatters it to pieces. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone could be labeled a villain for trying to stop that person. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to pl...

A week or so ago I asked my feed for reading suggestions featuring strong villainous characters, and this book received nearly unanimous acclaim from the majority of my friends who saw the post and responded. Now, normally I kind of hesitate going into anything with high expectations, but I immediately ran out and bought it and now I just have to take a moment to tip my hat to to all my friends who suggested that I read it. This book was EVERYTHING! I was so engaged by the story I was dreaded th...

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Two friends in college find a way to develop super powers. Instead of becoming super heroes, they become super villains.Interesting concept and well executed!

BAMMM!!! BAMMM!!BAMMM!! Nope this sound is not coming from my husband who repeatedly hits the axe to the kitchen door to save from cooking another disastrous, poisonous dish!BAAAMMM!!! And again this sound doesn’t belong to my crazy neighbor who sings all day and parties at night, finally younger version of Robert Downey Jr. runs into his house with his car but sorry this is not also the voice of a car’s crushing into wall.BAMM!! Yes, you got it right! I’m hitting my thick head against the wall

Reread #2, Sept 2018Apparently three years is enough to make me forget this book so entirely that it was practically like reading a new book. Which is a smidge disconcerting but OH WELL. Needless to say! The reread was amazing. And it was such moment of good memory feels because this was the first Schwab book I ever tried aww. I think A Darker Shade of Magic is perhaps my favourite of them all though. I actually was surprised how slow this one read. I don't remember it being slow?? But anyhow.Al...

“There are no good men in this game.”I'm in a Victoria Schwab fever. Can't really blame her though, her novels are amazing!The most interesting thing about Vicious were its characters with their extraordinary abilities and the fact that there is no "good" main character. Both, protagonist and antagonist do ruthless things and leave a trail of violence and death, one more than the other. But I ended up rooting for some of the side characters and - of course - the dog.Eli however really disguste...

“Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.” Friends, this is my fifth book by VE Schwab, and I’ve three starred every single one of them. At this point, it is glaringly obvious that you should take my review(s) of her work with a grain of salt, because it is obviously a “me” thing. I will say that I adore the author, and I want so desperately to fall in love with a book of hers. And even though I thought Vicious would be the one, it sadly