Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

44 reviews

thats_so_raychell's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Medical trauma, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Addiction

megobrien81's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WHAT. A. FUCKING. RIDE. this book is so dark, and so twisty, and yet I could NOT put this down. Read it in a few hours. Loved it. A little concerned about how much I loved it given its content - but WOW WOW WOW. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

First of all, why did I have to wait over 200 pages for spice? Unacceptable in a dark romance, in my humble opinion. Secondly, there are only a handful of spicy scenes and the majority of those are only moderately spicy. This book was interesting and so weird. I’m annoyed at everyone who freaked the fuck out about the ice cream scene. It was definitely less disgusting than some elements that came to light prior to the ice cream. Still gross but not worth the hype if I say so myself. The book is pretty decent but I wouldn’t categorize it as dark romance cause there’s not enough spice. All in all, a quick and engaging book that’s easy to get through in a few hours.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gun violence, Medical content, Vomit, Police brutality, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Bullying, Abandonment, Gore, Cannibalism, Confinement, and Death of parent

megan_bbender's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense 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

Honestly, I ate this book up. It’s seriously one of the best books that I’ve read in a while.  

I simply enjoyed it a lot, I loved the connection between the characters and I thought the plot was interesting. 

This was the first dark romance book I’ve ever read, it only took me a few hours to finish since I just couldn’t put it down. 

I’ll definitely be on the lookout for more Brynne Weaver books and hopefully I can see Butcher and Blackbird sometime in the future! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Death of parent and Cannibalism

Minor: Medical trauma and Medical content

kimveach's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

If you liked the show "Dexter," then you might like this book.  Two serial killers who only target "bad" serial killers get together.  The book is very funny, and there is lots of sex.  I can see why it's a TikTok favorite.  The author nicely gives you a two-page warning of content triggers at the beginning of the book, so you can decide if this is something you'd want to read.  I found it entertaining, but I tend to like the macabre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Drug use, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

thelongroadtosanity's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I found this to be a quirky love story between two serial killers. I felt that it focused a lot on the romance moreso than the actual plot, which wasn't bad, but I was expecting more. Coming from someone who loves watching Criminal Minds, I wanted more of the darkest, depraved bits usually seen in dark romance. Overall, I felt the tone of this was unexpectedly light and almost humorous. I wanted more spice, but the plot and romance definitely went in a completely different direction than anticipated. I also correctly guessed the plot twist at the end, so I found the predicability a little...meh. 

This is definitely a cute little palette cleanser that I would probably read again for a bit of "light reading" but I definitely won't be partaking in the massive hype I have seen for this book online. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

lee_nuhh's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

A quick-moving slow burn. Darkly funny serial killers. Hot as heck activities. Yes. Yes
 Yes.

Now I have 2 book boyfriends names Rowan (iykyk).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Torture, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Mental illness

neliasbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Stalking, Sexual content, and Torture

malibu_alex's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Stalking, Cursing, Excrement, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

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