Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier

5 reviews

sberry225's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier might just be my favorite novel by her. The multiple points of view and dual timelines added depth to the story, and I was hooked from start to finish. The Butcher himself was a chillingly evil villain who managed to outdo his own vile deeds repeatedly. The final twist was shocking and disturbing in the best way possible. For fans of serial killer thrillers, this is a must-read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Rape, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Vomit

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent

fbzreadswhatever's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Abortion, and Death of parent

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I love stories about serial killers and this one really gripped me in the beginning, especially as we're following 3 perspectives who have various (and complicated) relationships with one another and who know and don't know different things in the story. However, in the middle the book dragged a lot for me, I felt like it got pretty repetitive and all we did was follow this awful, sadistic, misogynistic piece of shit and for some people that might be fine but I just wanted less of that and more of an actual mystery. The twist at the end was pretty shocking even though I think you could see it coming but I didn't and it was pretty satisfying! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest and Racism

Minor: Suicide

kiki9988's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail