All of Us Villains has an interesting premise. I thought it would entirely be a copy of The Hunger Games, but it definitely wasn't. It pulls off the tournament trope really well and gives it a twisted, dark spin. And I thought I would enjoy this, but that didn't turn out to the case. For the first two quarters of the book, I'd say there's a lot of build up to the tournament; we get multiple points of view and backstories of all the main characters. Unfortunately, the tournament portion moves fast, too fast actually. Things seemed to happen so quick and end up becoming a little convulated. We come know that the tournament itself is a curse and has some rigid rules, but the second it starts, all these rules seemingly start breaking down.

As much as I loved the world the authors created, with the grim and gritty vibes, the characters were hard to connect to and I only enjoyed reading from Alistair's perspective. And the ending felt too abrupt, so much so that I had to scroll back up to see if I had missed a chapter or something.

Still, I'd say this is worth giving a try, just for the world building done in this

This is clearly meant to be the first in a series. It took me a while to get into the book as there is a lot of world building. However, once I got into the plot of the story I enjoyed it.