Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

34 reviews

misswirum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense 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

3.5

This book is NOT a dark romance! It's romance w/gore lmao. 

I think this book was ok. I was entertained, but the book has major flaws. There is no world building, almost no character building and the pacing/timeline was weird. The formatting was also weird. 

I love the main characters tho. I love Sloane's mental struggles and how her anxiety was written. 
 Also Rowan was written as Draco in early fanfiction. IYKYK 😏 

3,5/5⭐️
3/5📝
3/5🌶
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Gore

dblaq's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, and Cannibalism

augustboymama's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It’s amazing written with fantastic characters. The sex was WAY too much for me. I’m just not that kinky I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Torture

It’s very graphic. You have been warned.

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

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

I guess I have a morbid sense of humor because I really enjoyed this book about serial killers falling in love! I really liked these characters and how they were totally normal (except for how they liked to kill serial killers for fun). It was refreshing to read about flawed people who were still likable and whose big issues were almost understandable (even though I don’t think I would ever kill someone). A lot of the serial killer aspect of this book is gruesome so be warned. I also liked how their relationship evolved overtime and their chemistry. I read this book so quickly because I just couldn’t put it down and had so much fun with it. The only things I didn’t like were the excessive language, the cringey terms used during spicy scenes, and I also found that this book was a bit too spicy for me. It went into a lot of things I don’t typically like in my romance (dom-sub, kinky stuff, etc.) so that just wasn’t for me. I appreciated that the characters utilized safe words but their interactions sometimes made me uncomfortable personally. The twist in the end was one I saw coming just before it happened which was fun, but I also hated how Rowan handled that confrontation at the end. I’m looking forward to the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Cursing, Mental illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Grief, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

niamhrowanch's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

guys this was TOO GOOD. its like the dreamland billionaires but for goths.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gore, Body horror, Gun violence, Death, and Violence

nerdydeathwitch's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

2.25

This book is not my jam. Not enough murder and I couldn't suspend disbelief on a few things like

believing that an obvious sociopath like Butcher doesn't see a woman as a posession (not helped by the fact that he literally refers to Sloan as his and says he wants to destroy her multiple times) and the huge epic sex marathon that takes place right after she dislocates her shoulder. (It just wouldn't be possible. Also, there's nothing sexy about things that will give you a UTI. I'll leave it at that. )

I am giving it 2.25 stars because I liked Sloan's character and thought that the way she killed people was interesting. I was a little disappointed that none of the other serial killers in the book were as original as she was. It was also funny in parts and I think the dialogue was well done.  The pacing felt really off to me though. The books spans years and the ending is very compressed. Honestly, I hate read this book for the last 25% and if it wasn't a buddy read,  I would have DNF'ed it and gotten my credit back. This was the least romantic book I've read in some time and I like dark and twisty things. Whether you will like this book is entirely dependent on the kink you are into and how well you can suspend disbelief about violent men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

mtnest's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Child abuse

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

1.0

What did I just read? I have no idea whats this book about, nor do I know the charachters?! I didn't dnefed it because people said it will get better but no they lied. Please don't waste your time reading this book :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, and Stalking

tinumorien's review

dark lighthearted 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gore, Body horror, Stalking, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Toxic relationship