This makes the ending of the book even more tragic, as they were so close to finally being together.
James is like his anchor, making Oliver feel stable because he trusts the other enough not to hurt or abandon him. Throughout the novel, Oliver constantly feels as though he isn’t truly part of the group. I wanted to hate the book for this, but I can’t bring myself to. The relationship between Oliver and James was extremely depressing.
Ultimately, If We Were Villains is a beautiful and noteworthy read that I won’t forget. When their roles are changed, however, tensions reach their breaking point, and the characters’ sense of identity are challenged while they are simultaneously consumed by their own passion. This allows certain personas and stereotypes - hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, etc. At this point, the reader is biased due to the unlikeability of Richard’s character, and although each character made a choice that contributed to the climax, we wonder, is Richard’s death still justified? This is a difficult question to answer as there is no simple answer – it is hard to say that Oliver, James, Meredith, Filippa, Alexander, and Wren were truly good people but none of them were necessarily evil either.ĭuring the entirety of the book, we watch as the characters become more and more immersed in acting out Shakespeare’s plays, which depicts emotions in a way that connects each character to their role. The character was good at using others’ weaknesses to his advantage, which led him to have profound impacts on each of the other six in different ways.
We can begin with the themes of morality that become prominent through the circumstances that surround Richard. As the story alternates between the past and present, the reader slowly gathers more information about what really happened at the time of Richard’s death. The protagonist, Oliver, has spent those years in jail for a crime he wasn’t guilty of in order to protect someone he loved.
The plot captures your attention right from the start as the novel begins ten years after the incident has already occurred. Throughout the book, we see glimpses of how the characters interact and communicate with each other on stage during their senior year of college. Set in a prestigious art school, the main character, Oliver, and his friends James, Meredith, Wren, Filippa, Alexander, and Richard study acting. Rio, explores the inner evil and morality of humans by blurring the line between what is right and wrong.
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