These two settings often seem so different that their images are hard to reconcile. Vicious is told with flashbacks and scenes in the present. Even with the story seeming so predictable, there’s never a moment of boredom. At some point, the book is obligated to give us a showdown between Victor and Eli. Obviously, as soon as we get into the action, we realize what the ending has to be.
What’s impressive is that Schwab manages to take a genre, which has already been beaten to death after the rise of comics, and make it feel fresh. It should be the most typical, rehashed version of a superpower story ever.
Purely judging by the summary, this book should not be new. In a world with thousands of years of great writing before your conception, it’s tough to make something new. I generally like to give massive props to authors that take risks. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge-but who will be left alive at the end? Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find-aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. Since we’re covering the complete Villains duology today, let’s get right into the first book. Check out that page for the author summary. So, I had to give Vicious a go, especially after I read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, also by Schwab, and enjoyed it.
Best books to read before you die? It’s there. This book is on every Goodreads list ever. Schwab classics! Okay, classic is a bit of a generous term considering this book is only 10 years old, but I can easily see how this would be an English assignment in a few decades.
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