Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

6 reviews

jenniferthor's review against another edition

3.75

i don’t usually add content warnings to my reviews but i felt like i had to with this book.. 

but it was funny at times? and kind of cringe, but wholesome. 

i am aware that butcher and blackbird choose to kill ’bad’ people, often serial killers.. but don’t they realise that they are just as bad? 
they seem to think that killing a ’bad’ person is them doing a favor to the world. well they need help

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Mental illness, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Minor: Grief, Hate crime, and Cursing

renee99's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Blood, Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

maria8w4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

  When two serial killers who kill evil people meet and fall in love, things get...messy.
   Well, thank f*ck for the content warnings at the beginning, though to be honest, they partly got me to read this book as I was intrigued. This was my first dark romance, and it was a ride! I liked this book's mix of funny and disturbing, which probably says something about me.
    The writing was a bit too descriptive at certain points for my ability to visualize things vividly, so be warned if you can also create very vivid pictures in your mind while you listen!
  Overall it was enjoyable if a bit graphic and I mostly liked the main characters! I cannot wait to read the next book in the series!

 Narrator Rating- 5 stars
     Both narrators did an excellent job! You could tell they put production money into the audiobook!

 

Elemental Levels:  Heartfelt-4/5   Horror-3/5   Love aka Romance-4/5   Predictability-3/5   Spice-3.5/5 Tear- 3/5  Thrill-1.5/5  Humor-1/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Gore, Alcohol, Confinement, Violence, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Grief, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Excrement, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Hate crime, and Rape

ladynavalon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Animal death, Abandonment, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Medical content

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

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

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

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