If We Were Villains

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

Enjoyment: 3.96Quality: 4.11Characters: 3.88Plot: 3.8
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Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago. As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Publication Year: 2017


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    Wow this scene was pretty haunting. It's been a while since I read them so details are very fuzzy, but somehow The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Talented Mr. Ripley kept jumping to mind. This scene just captures this sense of a descent into madness and an untethering so impressively, especially with the imagery from the set

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