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OKAY I'm reading If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio and like I truly want to share my feelings and everything but I'm just so scared to look at posts from the tags or on tiktok because I don't want to be spoiled but at the same time I'm SO CURIOUS.

I'm just at the beginning btw, and I can tell that I truly LOVE this book for EVERYTHING that composes it! Like Shakespeare??? The way she wrote it??? The story??? I'm in love guys

Oliver Marks has just been released from prison, and is finally ready to tell Detective Colborne what really happened when his classmate was killed ten years ago. As young actors at an elite conservatory, Oliver and his classmates played the same roles – villain, hero, temptress – over and over again, both off stage and onstage. But when the casting changes, good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into real life. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I had seen If We Were Villains by @sureasmel around but I didn’t read it until my friend @judithbleeker recommended and lent it to me. It’s not the type of book I read (anymore) and it was very stressful at times, but I was pulled in by the promise of Shakespearian theatre and very soon I was completely hooked. 📚 What struck me most was the emotional complexity of these characters. Difficult backgrounds, trauma, insecurity and forced vulnerability, set in this tiny, isolated, cult-like academic world, then add the strong emotions of the Shakespearian stage and you have fireworks. The way tension builds and ebbs away (but never completely) only to return stronger is masterfully done. 📚 I love how Shakespeare is interwoven in the story, more than just a few references, it’s the very fabric this world is built out of, and underscores some of the characters’ most pivotal moments. They really live Shakespeare. Someday I plan to reread this book again in conjunction with all those plays. Though you genuinely don’t need to to understand and enjoy the book, but it does give the story that much more depth. 📚 A very well crafted book that you should definitely check out if you either like Shakespeare or murder mystery/thriller stories. 📚 (Content warnings below, may contain spoilers) . . . . . . . .   CW’s: violence, abuse, blood, gore, death, suicide (off-page) . #ifwewerevillains #mlrio #shakespeare #bookreview #bookworm #bookish #bookblogger #amreading #bookgram #instareads #bookishlove #readmorebooks #bookstagrammers #bookcollector #readinglife #bookwormproblems #bookobsessed #bedtimereading #readerforlife #bookshark #bookpicture #bookishphoto #bookreviewer #booksaremagic #bookblog #goodreads #review #bookishproblems https://www.instagram.com/p/CpIEcPNLZWy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ℚ𝕆𝕋𝔻: What’s been your go to genre lately? ⁣ ⁣ Mine has definitely been romance! My Killer Vacation from Tessa Bailey was definitely one of my favorites!! I’ve also recently read Praise, The Bromance Book Club, A Thousand Miles, and The Accidental Pinup. ⁣ ⁣ However, I actually strayed from romance this week since I’m currently reading If We Were Villains and it’s primarily a mystery. I’m really into it and I can wait to see how it ends!! ⁣ ⁣ ✨Hashtags✨⁣ #MyKillerVacation #TessaBailey #RomanceReads #RomCom #BookClub #CurrentlyReading #IfWeWereVillains #Reading #BookLoversUnite #ReadersAssemble #BookDragon #AllTheBooks #Bibliophile #BookstagramIt #Bookish #BookObsessed #SummerReading #ShelfLove https://www.instagram.com/p/CgUaMbBrDbV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🎧 Gang of Youth - Achilles Come Down

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Hava karanlık ve soğukken, bu kitabın dışında bir şey paylaşamazdım. Dark Academia'yı hiç duydunuz mu? Estetik bir yaşam tarzını sunan alt tür bir akım. Bu akıma dair aklıma gelenler; klasik edebiyat, sanat, latince, gotik mimari, koyu kahve, hüzünlü şiirler vs. İnternet üzerinden derin bir araştırma yapabilirsiniz. Kendi adıma çok sevdiğim bir akım.

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Gelelim kitabımıza; If We Were Villains - Eğer Kötü Adam Olsaydık (Bu şekilde çevirdim.) Bir grup tiyatro öğrencisi etrafında dönen bir hikaye. Aralarındaki örtülü çekişme bir cinayetle sonuçlanıyor ve bize hikayeyi anlatan Oliver'ın hapishaneye girmesiyle sonuçlanıyor. Ancak gerçek katil gerçekten o mu? Bunu öğrenmek için geçmiş zamanda üniversite koridorlarında dolanmamız ve olayları gözden geçirmemiz gerekiyor.

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Dark Academia temalı kitaplardan biri sayılan bu eser, içinde bolca Shakespeare metni bulunduruyor. Türkçesi henüz yok ancak gerçekten okumaya değer bir kitap. Çeşitli kitabevlerinden veyahut internet üzerinden temin edebilirsiniz.

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#kitap #kitapyorumu #booklover #booknerd #kitapkahve #kitapsever #darkacademia #darkacademiaaesthetic #darkacademiabooks #ifwewerevillains #kitapönerisi

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losing my mind over this, u have no idea how much i’ve needed iwwv merch, i’m gonna cry

*insert moira rose hold me gif*

meredith dardenne MY GIRLLLLLLL

( this is my first post and idk how to use tumblr but moots???? ) also a mask version because my wife is covid safe !!

“I need language to live, like food — lexemes and morphemes and morsels of meaning nourish me with the knowledge that, yes, there is a word for this. Someone else has felt it before.” ― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains.

IF WE WERE VILLAINS CHARACTERS: MEREDITH DARDENNE — I’m as bad as the rest of them. Treat a girl like a whore and she’ll learn to act like one. 

BLACK & GOLD STACK CHALLENGE

Saw this challenge on a few websites and figured I’d give it a go. I know some might call certain ones ‘beige’ before gold but I thought that’s close enough 😂✨

I’m tagging @storysnug and @that.one.reader in case they haven’t done this challenge yet and they’d like to 😊 Also anyone else is free to join, if you end up doing the challenge tag me or message me so I can check them out ❤️

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Am I currently reading 3 books at the same time? Uhhhh.... maybe. Why not? (They are all PHENOMENAL, btw. If you need something new to read) #autumnaesthetic #ifwewerevillains #shadesofmagicseries #stalkingjacktheripperseries https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5mw5mLklN32CCPWofnl_pnd0eVLUN9CkI72c0/?utm_medium=tumblr

.dark age. {if we were villains}

“When friends become enemies there’s no limit to the damage they can do”

So I’m pretty far along in #IfWeWereVillains by #MLRio and LIKE FUCKING CLOCKWORK anytime I read this verse from #RomeoandJuliet by #WilliamShakespeare my mind cannot click off the song that played this in #BareAPopOpera goddammit every fucking time too… 😭😭📚📚🤨🤨🥰🥰🎤 https://www.instagram.com/p/CPwM9U3BzJM/?utm_medium=tumblr