Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

170 reviews

a_hirchert's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

If you can’t do Dexter level stuff - don’t read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Torture, Death, Gore, Body horror, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Medical content

naipb's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Gore

h_amaya_s's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Torture, Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, and Child abuse

unhappygilmore's review against another edition

dark funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual content

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

amessina3399's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

In all honesty, most of my feelings about this book could be chalked up to personal taste. The concept is brilliant. Horror and gore mixed with a spicy love story is absolutely my vibe. The overall plot/writing itself was just not for me. It was a bit too simple for my taste, and the narrative voices were a bit forced in both their humor and how they conveyed feelings. I enjoyed it don’t get me wrong, but I’m probably not going to be recommending it to others any time soon. It felt like something I would have really been into in early high school, but not so much as an adult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a dark, gory delight

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cursing, Stalking, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, and Gun violence

jennramsdell's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

This book was somehow really boring, the writing was bad, and the spice didn’t give what I think it was trying to give. Disappointed considering how hyped this was on booktok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Cannibalism, Confinement, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Child abuse

daphneck's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

rae_meadows's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Medical content, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Gore, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Confinement

pantslint'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? Yes

3.0

Overall, I enjoyed this book. The banter amongst the characters (not just the MCs!) and first-person narration honestly made me LOL, and the plot was a great vibe. I think the slow-burn aspect of their romance could have been executed better, but whatever. Some of the bedroom talk feels very Wattpad and reads I'm a dark and crazy serial killer and super edgy, but I'm invested in the characters enough that I'm willing to look past it... they're just having fun. I'm sure it's a very different experience as an audio book, so I'll consider revisiting it in that format. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism and Blood

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault