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Vicious by Victoria E. Schwab
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it was amazing
bookshelves: read-in-2015, superheroes, read-in-2018, audio, read-in-2024
Read 3 times. Last read May 12, 2024 to June 2, 2024.

A Tale of Two Sociopaths.
One just ever so slightly more lovable than the other...

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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!

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Due to some unfortunate factors, Victor's transformation doesn't go quite as smoothly as Eli's. And because of that little snafu, Victor ends up spending the better part of a decade in prison.
Where he plots his revahnge revenge!

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The whole story unfolds in flashbacks, and I think the less I say about that, the more you'll enjoy reading about how it all went down in the past.
I do think you should know that neither of them are sympathetic characters, but you do end up rooting for Victor to win.

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I gotta say, I thought the ending was a little underwhelming, but that may only be because I thought the rest of the book was so good that it didn't quite meet my expectations.
Still, I ended up tearing through this thing in a few days and thought it was (overall) a pretty fantastic story.
Definitely Recommended!

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*Edit:
This is one of my oldest son's favorite books. He informed me the other day that he found this review while searching Goodreads at school (OMG! What the hell are they thinking giving these kids access to book sites!?), and he proceeded to tell me that I was wrong.
As children do...
Apparently, the ending was not at all underwhelming. It whelmed just fine, thank you very much.
So there.


2024
I just finished listening to the audiobook version from Macmillan Audio narrated by Jeremy Arthur, and it. is. excellent. <--- if you're into that kind of thing
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Reading Progress

September 27, 2013 – Shelved
January 21, 2015 – Started Reading
January 22, 2015 – Finished Reading
October 22, 2018 – Started Reading
October 22, 2018 – Finished Reading
May 12, 2024 – Started Reading
June 2, 2024 – Finished Reading

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Jess ❈Harbinger of Blood-Soaked Rainbows❈ I love Megamind!! I think it is one of the more underrated animated kids movies I've seen! This book looks interesting...


Anne I plowed through this one! Fast and enjoyable, as long as you don't mind the moral ambiguity aspect.
My kids and I always take Megamind on trips with us! It's one of those movies that everyone can watch and enjoy. Even my teenager still like it (won't admit it, but he likes it). :)


Jess ❈Harbinger of Blood-Soaked Rainbows❈ I am like that with the How to Train Your Dragon movies.....I never ever tire of them.

I love books that don't have a defined hero and villain (like Megamind) or ones that have some evil in the hero and some sympathy in the villain.


Anne Well, then I think you'll like this one, Jess. It's got a lot of overall great reviews, so I don't feel iffy recommending it to you!


Jess ❈Harbinger of Blood-Soaked Rainbows❈ Awesome! *throws it on the pile*


Kelly (and the Book Boar) Well, shit. This one got recommended to me by another friend and I ignored it 'cause it's got an ugly cover, yo. Now I'm gonna have to read the damn thing.


Anne Check the reviews. Lots of 5 star, but I wouldn't go that far, Kelly. It's good though.


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Love the megamind gifs. Amazeballs anti-hero


Anne Kat Stark wrote: "Love the megamind gifs. Amazeballs anti-hero"

One of my favorite kids movies!


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Alejandro Great review, Anne! Definitely I'll read it in the very near future ;)


message 11: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Alejandro wrote: "Great review, Anne! Definitely I'll read it in the very near future ;)"

Looking forward to your review when you've read it!


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Alejandro Anne wrote: "Alejandro wrote: "Great review, Anne! Definitely I'll read it in the very near future ;)"

Looking forward to your review when you've read it!"


Thanks! :D


message 14: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne I saw that! I'm jealous, but this one just came in for me, and I couldn't renew it, so I had to plow through it. Maybe we can do Magnus #2 together, if my library has it?


message 15: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Oh, shit. NOOOOO! You're reading Go Fetch? LOLOLOLOLOLOL! Have fun with that! ;)


✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Hold on isn't Go Fetch Magnus #2? Man I'm getting confused here. But hey, whatever it is I'm willing to tag along;) And I am SO reading Go Fetch. You said squicky, I said yipee^^


Jilly It was a great book, huh? They had me at the digging-up-a-grave-with-a-little-girl beginning. So sweet!
I love your Mega Mind review! :)


Terence Awesome review. Where do you get all your gifs and images for your reviews? You always find such great stuff.


message 19: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Jilly wrote: "It was a great book, huh? They had me at the digging-up-a-grave-with-a-little-girl beginning. So sweet!
I love your Mega Mind review! :)"


I want her to write a sequel about the girl!


message 20: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Terence wrote: "Awesome review. Where do you get all your gifs and images for your reviews? You always find such great stuff."

Thanks! I just use google. You can find everything with it!


message 21: by Alissa (new) - added it

Alissa I usually never "like" reviews with animated gifs but hey, yours is fantastic! I should really read this one. Thank you!


message 22: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Alissa wrote: "I usually never "like" reviews with animated gifs but hey, yours is fantastic! I should really read this one. Thank you!"

Whoa! That is a huge compliment! Thank you!
And, yeah, if you like anti-heroes, you should check this out, Alissa. Most of the reviews for this one are glowing, so I feel pretty comfortable recommending it.


message 23: by Lazybee (new) - added it

Lazybee And added to to-read pile


message 24: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Lazybee wrote: "And added to to-read pile"

I hope you love it!


message 25: by Margaret (new)

Margaret Hmm... flashbacks, eh? I do enjoy a good book with some good back story. I'll add this to my to-reads!


message 26: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Anne wrote: "Hmm... flashbacks, eh? I do enjoy a good book with some good back story. I'll add this to my to-reads!"

Ohhh! Yes, do it!


message 27: by chi (new) - rated it 3 stars

chi ahhh I really want to read this but I haven’t been able to get my hands on it :(


message 28: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne I'm waiting for my library to get up book #2 now!


message 29: by L. (new)

L. McCoy “What the hell are they thinking giving these kids access to book sites!?”

I am actually surprised. This place is more NSFW and less intellectual than you’d expect from a book website... then again if it wasn’t what’s the fun in that?


message 30: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Shhhh! Don't tell the authorities!


message 31: by Ran (new)

Ran Anne wrote: "Shhhh! Don't tell the authorities!"

What authorities? I thought you were the authority in your house, Anne. :P


message 32: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Oh. Um, yeah...totally. I crack the whip and they cringe.
Really!


message 33: by L. (new)

L. McCoy Well, if you used an actual whip instead of hitting people with a foam pool noodle every time someone talked shit about Aquaman we might take your rule over everyone on Goodreads more seriously!


message 34: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne You may have a point, L. I'll have to get better at that for sure.


message 35: by L. (new)

L. McCoy Just remember this advice and who gave it to you when you look for an assistant-ruler.


message 36: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne You're on the short list, L. ;)


message 37: by L. (new)

L. McCoy Yay, someone put me in a list other than their shit-list (I’m sure I’m on a few of those).


message 38: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne I'm on quite a few of those myself!


message 39: by Matt (new) - rated it 5 stars

Matt Rudy This book is amazing! I'm glad you enjoyed it!


message 40: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne I'm reading the 2nd now! Had to do a re-read b/c my mind is swiss cheese after so long.


message 41: by Matt (new) - rated it 5 stars

Matt Rudy I heard only great things about the new one! I'm waiting in anticipation for my library to have a copy in. Im so excited, bring on the sociopaths!


message 42: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne I know! My library didn't get one in right away, either!


message 43: by luna (new) - rated it 5 stars

luna i’m rereading too! got to get back into this world before i start the next chapter of the story 💕


message 44: by luna (new) - rated it 5 stars

luna ooh, also: i had to special request/recommend on libby to get my library to purchase one!


message 45: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne So far I'm loving the new one! My son took it to school to read today, so I'm having to wait.


Roy_jun It whelmed just fine - you killed it with this one


Jessica Your son😂😂


message 48: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne LOL!


message 49: by Redric (new)

Redric Blue I am 2years late, but victor doesn't seem sociopathic to me, he seems to be a asocial, calculating and emotionally numb.
I think he is compassionate towards other


message 50: by Anne (new) - rated it 5 stars

Anne Ok, well I think that's pretty close to a sociopath. I'm not sure we can really diagnose him in a clinical sense because he's an imaginary character. But if you feel that he isn't a sociopath, I won't argue with you.


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