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 Review: Normally, Victoria Schwab's books and I are friends, best friends even. I loved all the books that she has put out so far, but this one holds a special place in my heart. I loved it more than anything from Victoria Schwab's work so far. It has also made it to one of the best books I've read this year. 
 '"Did you know," said Victor, skimming a book from the prison library on anatomy (he thought it particularly foolish to endow inmates with a detailed sense of the positions of vital organs, but there you go), "that when you take away a person's fear of pain, you take away their fear of death? You make them, in their own eyes, immortal. Which of course they're not, but what's the saying? We are all immortal until proven otherwise?"' 
 Vicious follows a story of two med students in Lockland University, Victor and Eli. With their research, they figure out an NDE which can give them super power, also known as EO. They decided to experiment with the theory and succeeded. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, looking for Eli. 
 I was so hooked reading Vicious because of Schwab's writing. How did she manage to do it? I don't know. When I first flipped through the book, I thought that it was too many words and the lines were so close to each other. But do not judge a book because of a bad design! This book locked me in its world where I couldn't feel mine, the reality. It went back and forth between the last ten years and the current time, it was also told from different characters' perspective. The writing just flowed vehemently, and my boat just floated by as well. I was undoubtedly into the book and I loved it. 
 Vicious is such a great portrayal of superheroes/supervillains book. I couldn't put my head around which book Vicious resembles exactly, but I seem to have an idea that it's a combination of The Young Elites and The Last of Us video game (We'll talk about that later). It's one of those books that you just couldn't identify which the villain or the hero is. It's also the perfect blend of sci-fi and a little fantasy along the way. Whereas the writing stood out better than anything, I still found the plot to be ExtraOrdinary (sorry). This wasn't an action packed book, it's murder and investigation, but what happened was consistent and rememberable. In addition to that, the book included every character's back story so that the readers get to see where all these characters were coming from and how they got there. The ending especially broke my heart, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW SCHWAB DID TO FIX IT BACK SO INSTANTLY. On the other hand, if you're a sucker for romance in these types of book, Vicious had very little of it. It wasn't a swoon worthy romance and it was sort of manipulative as well and one of the characters' back story. This book was plotful and enjoyable, and most particularly vicious (yes yes yes yes I know I'm sorry). 
 The resemblance of The Last of Us video game was the characters. That made me feel nostalgic and impatient for The Last of Us 2. And just like the video game, I loved the two main characters so much. Let's talk about Victor. He's thirty two and he sort of accepts himself as the villain in the story. I loved him for it. He's vindictive, cunning, and absolutely persuasive. He believes that he would these people on his back without caring about rejections because he knows that he's going to win over. Sydney is another character that I loved and cared for very much. She is flawed in her own way and for her age, she loves her sister but how their relationship was displayed was very complicated. Eli obviously was the villain in this story, just like The Young Elites. I don't believe him to be a maniac, just hungry for murder and cleanse of the EO. I understood how Victor's EO experiment changed him and that really effected him to follow all of the EO existed. These characters were amazing in their own way and that's one of the reasons why I loved this book. 
 Overall: I loved this book so so so much. I loved the vibe, the plot, the characters. I would recommend it to EVERYONE because it's just that amazing. And I want all my other reading experiences to be like this one.