Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

385 reviews

saffire_sky's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment

tiahnam's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Overall the plot of this book was great, but for me the themes were a little too dark. The descriptions were a bit too much. Nevertheless still a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

giulimazzo's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

Like the idea was there,  but the execution was not.. i liked the concept and the characters but everything was too fast and too much spice, unnecessary for me..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, 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

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

tdawgg07's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

The internet has failed me with this recommendation. Was waiting for some element of mystery but it was  just romance and gore. Kinda skipped some stuff to finish this one. Not great horror, not great romance. Time line didn’t really make sense. There’s so much better “serial killer” content out there tbh 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

anmartin0515's review

dark funny fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

spicccy_sara's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

Rom-com meets serial killer thriller

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Torture and Stalking

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

kayceeisbookish's review

dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'll admit that I approached this book at first with trepidation. I had heard some off-putting things about it. However, once I started reading, I simply could not put this book down. It was witty and comical. I love all the dark humor. The gore honestly did not bother me at all. The male MC reminded me a lot of Alastor from Hazbin Hotel. I enjoyed this book so much that I immediately ordered the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol