Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

173 reviews

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

chels984's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

okay like the plot twist plot twisted i fricking knew it!!!!🍦

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Murder

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

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

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

queenbumble's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

I fucking adore this book. It was recommended to me by my SIL and it's almost painful how well she sniped me saying this was up my alley. 

Hands down one of the funniest and most disgusting best friends to lovers stories I never expected to read. 

I love that they give a content warning at the start of the book and I loved the story so much that I had to go back and listen to the audiobook immediately after which made it even better! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

It's a book series about serial killers. Be mindful.

beahemmings's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism