Kelsey’s Reviews > If We Were Villains > Status Update

...was a masterpiece in storytelling and a thrill to read. I loved how they spoke in Shakespeare quotes. Yes of course it was pretentious but anyone who complains about that has not been around real nerds. Because 100% for a fact would that be a thing that happens and I would if I could
Anyways ranting aside this was truly incredible and touching and heartbreaking
5 stars

...ending but not knowing quite how unhappy, the small giving of details about the present until the final big reveal in the epilogue. I can't get over how well written this was. Each character was so full of life and unequivocally their own. Oliver's intentional blindness, his own purposeful stupidity, the sense of calm even though you know there is danger lurking before it all slaps you in the face at once. This...

...perfect narrator. He told the story so well and in such a partial manner that it made the story perfect. I absolutely loved how it was broken up into 5 acts like the book itself was a Shakespearean play, which Oliver seemed to think it was. The setup, the buildup, the scenes, the cast, the use of the prologue to link the present with the past, the tragic narrative of dramatic irony, knowing it won't be a happy...

fuck fuck fuck what the fuck oh my god no I'm going to throw up

I know this is so not the point at all but it feels like I've spent the whole book yelling at Oliver that he is gay and needs to just figure it out and kiss James because there are genuinely levels of homosexually being radiated that I have never experienced in a book not explicitly marketed as gay

this shit is delectable

oh Oliver is so gay for James

I'm understanding the secret history allegations... but vibes are still immaculate thus far