Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

223 reviews

princessdana36's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book skirted the line between too much and just enough. Usually I’m not squeamish in the least but this book just skirted that line. I almost put it down once but it was so good so I kept reading. I’m glad I did because it was worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

jordynkw's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

coraotf's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

It got real gross a few times, but I kept going ‘cause Sloan and Roan were so freaking funny.  It was an actual romcom mixed with a gory psychological thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual violence

I probably missed some warnings in there. Basically, don’t read this without girding your loins first.

cosmisnerdmom's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Highly recommend Reader should read the 2 pages of warnings before beginning, it's at the front of the novel and easy to find

Good read for fans of horror, extreme violence, anti-heros, slasher novels, psychopaths, sociopaths, serial killers, dark romance stories of vengeance, torture, light BDSM, smut, rough sex, sprinkled with wit and dark humour. 

Reads like a Christmas Hallmark movie for violent  serial killers/ psychopaths/ sociopaths 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sophieseltz's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

April 10th-13th… yuck 😂😂 def a plot twist I didn’t see coming, descriptions that made my mouth drop, literally LOLd. DP

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Car accident

iuliatr's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I had way too much fun with this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

hellxriver's review

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

amazinglaureads's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was fun! It didn't reinvent the wheel, but the concept wes fun and the characters were very likeable. I'm intrigued enough to read the rest of the series and see what happens next. Was there a strong plot? Not really. Sometimes a book is just fun murder scenes and romance, and that is valid. The author clearly knew what she was writing and i appreciate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence and Kidnapping

colinjames's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I thought the writing was, technically speaking, subpar. There were several misused words, grammatical errors and odd sentence choices. The story was cute, but the plot is hamstrung at best. The end climactic event feels very random, and the story loses sight of its driving plot point (the goal of the competition). The characters fall a little flat — they seem too soft and fluffy for serial killers and Sloan loses some of her agency as the book goes on. I liked Sloan and Rowan together, but it never felt particularly real that these two people would be serial killers. Overall an enjoyable read, as long as you don’t think about it too hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Sexual harassment