Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

223 reviews

tennkait's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

priscilla_f's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.25

Once I got into this book about 150 pages in, the story flew forward. It took a while for me to get into the plot, but for a dark romcom about two serial killers falling in love I thought it was great lol I’m looking forward to the rest of this trilogy! Definitely recommend checking trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

ngoaimi2006's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is my favorite dark romance book! It has so much humor embedded throughout the book and I found myself relating to Sloane’s introverted personality. Even the gory scenes were lighthearted. I loved all the steamy scenes and the FMC + MMC’s love for each other was a medium-paced burn. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Cannibalism

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

deathtoastmarket93's review

dark 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

3.0

Its... I really liked parts of it. But truly they did not feel like serial killers. They felt like two regular people with regular jobs who SOMETIMES murder other killers. And as fun as it was the kills are too short. The time jumps are lazy writing. And a lot of the like "gotchas" were... boring. 

I respect the author for trying to make a serial killer romance but they need to be less insecure and more murdery. And also like don't just copy Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hannibal. It's unimaginative and boring. The best part was the cannibalism at the end but even then you don't get enough "why" like where's my lengthy villian speech? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Confinement

aurora4847's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Kidnapping

laurenmoragn's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aa3's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiemag'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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

neighbor_reads's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

This book is a mix of contradictions, things that shouldn't work together: gory but sweet, dark but funny, unhinged but very approachable. I can understand the hype now. I'm not a fan of

the 3rd act breakup

, but at least this one didn't take too much time in the novel.

Yes, there are a ton of content warnings, but I still found the book very sweet. It's unique in a sea of the same tropes over and over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Cannibalism

yilliun's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-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

The narrators for the audiobook were really fantastic. This is dark humor done well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Kidnapping