Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

22 reviews

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

greentearex's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

I had heard in several places that this was a great listen, and while booktok tends to lead me wrong- in this case they were right. Great listening experience. This is a dark romantic comedy about serial killers. Kinda like"Dexter" + "Deadpool" + a sexy Irishman. 

TMI/TW:



The book starts with the FMC locked in a cage, starving, watching maggots eat the corpse of a man. As someone in healthcare, I've seen maggots like this, I've seen starvation far past the point of the FMC. But hearing her call the maggots an army of "orzo pastas" marching towards her & her growling stomach was...healing. A funny thought to replace a disturbing image. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Torture, Cannibalism, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Murder, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

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

mbredahl3's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Vomit, Gore, Stalking, Body horror, Grief, Torture, Cursing, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, and Kidnapping

stujos's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

Beware of ice cream and lots of gore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Blood, Grief, Death, and Violence

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

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

3.0

This storyline really confused me. Smut was top tier though.

Rowan’s got a dirty mouth😳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Medical trauma

headinthepages's review against another edition

3.0

I mostly liked the narration but at times was a bit over-acted 😂

The story was entertaining and well-paced but nothing special. The romance was interesting - with the serial killer element - but quite superficial 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Gore, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

wrensreadingroom's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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