Villain protagonists are cool in theory, but hard to do well, and I didn’t feel like Schwab got it right. It’s not that there is no motivation or background, it’s more that the protagonist is an asshole and I don’t enjoy spending time with assholes.
Vicious
| author: | V.E. Schwab (2013) |
|---|---|
| series: | Villains #1 |
| date read: | 2021-06-20 |
| pages: | 366 |
| lists: | fantasy |
| rating: | ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (did not finish) |
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