Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

66 reviews

lunamorte33's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved it! Even the messed up parts were hilarious. It was fun and I loved how it’s in a span of a couple years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

It’s a love story about serial killers. Don’t expect them to be “normal”. She gouges eyes as her M.O.

tamaraloraine89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I listened to this book on audible and loved it.  This book is best described as a dark spicy rom com that had it all.  Deep back stories with a past,  enemies to lovers vibes,  slow burn,  strong desire,  thick tension,  witty, clever,  funny,  emotional. And to top it off the narrators were duet and the way they played off each other was perfect, you could feel the chemistry, and that Irish accent! I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm not a big fan of horror or gruesome things

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Despite the long list of trigger warnings, a lot of them relate to mentioning a past trauma and the whole story is very light hearted. I don't feel like it makes light of murder however you are rooting for the main characters (who are by definition serial killers) but their 'prey' are well deserving of their punishment and the reasoning behind it is due to their own past traumas and ensuring others don't live the same fate. Very heart warming story

sariereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

allyf21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

dopabean_reading'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

cclift1114's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Dark, disturbing, fun, funny and romantic all in one book? Surprising, but true. While our two MC’s are both serial killers, they’re after other serial killers, so you gotta love that. And then they fall in love with each other? Even better. These two end up being relatable in a weird way and you root for them and care about them. And of course, I’m gonna appreciate the fact that the serial killers they go after are based on those from popular movies, such as Psycho, Silence of the Lambs and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 

For sure check the trigger warnings and be prepared for the ick factor with gore and violence. But don’t be too scared away by the warnings about cannibalism; I promise our MC’s are not the ones enjoying it. 

On a side note, if you’re an audiobook listener, I’d highly recommend listening to this one. From all the audiobooks I’ve listened to, this one was unique because not only did they have two narrators for the MC’s, they were simultaneously narrating instead of just having the male narrator do everything in the chapter for Rowan and the female narrator for Sloan. So if you’re someone that doesn’t care for men try to do women’s voices or vice versa, you won’t have that with this book. Rowan’s narrator handles all his dialogue and Sloane’s all of hers. And the narrators are also just talented. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Mental illness and Vomit

beccisays's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted 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

5.0

There's art in our scars. There's wonder in the way we heal. 

Fuck yes, more love stories like this please. This book really had no business being so beautifully emotional and so hilariously unhinged. Absolute chaotic perfection. Oh and the smut 🙌🏻  

Side note: I don’t make the rules but it’s a cardinal sin to consume this book in any other format than the audiobook. The dual POV narration, the Irish accent of Rowan our MMC, the occasional overlapping dialogue and sound effects. Chefs fucking kiss.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ahbee_p_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit

asanders88's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

Their lives are daring and bold and the relationship between them since the begging is hilarious and sarcastic.  His pining, *chefs kiss*! 
Great story line,  though I would call the climax too "climax-y" since there's murder and danger throughout (no spoilers,  though).
My only complaint (and this is just personal preference), is that I want my morally-grey,  serial killer men to be a little bit more golden retriever when he finally gets to have sex with the woman that he's loved for years.  They just went straight into it! It was spicin' for sure

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail