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If We Were Villains

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  • 2017 first published
  • 368 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (24 ratings)
  • 17 editions
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If We Were Villains is a 2017 novel by M. L. Rio. It features Oliver Marks, Richard Stirling and Meredith Dardenne. It deals with college students, actors, Dark Academia and LGBT.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings, and 812 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 17 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 368 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About If We Were Villains

Entreated to tell his side of the story to a detective who put him in prison a decade earlier for a murder he may not have committed, Oliver Marks describes his past as a Shakespearean actor in college whose rivalry with a castmate escalated in dangerous ways.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Tropes

Characters

  • Oliver Marks
  • Richard Stirling
  • Meredith Dardenne
  • Filippa Kosta
  • Alexander Vass
  • James Farrow

Subjects

  • College students
  • Actors
  • Thrillers
  • Dark Academia
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
  • Mystery Thriller
  • Contemporary
  • LGBT
  • Adult
  • Queer
  • Coming of Age
  • Suspense

Quick answers

Who wrote If We Were Villains?

If We Were Villains was written by M. L. Rio and first published in 2017.

How long is If We Were Villains?

The median edition has 368 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to If We Were Villains?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Maidens, Mandíbula and Lucien.

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