Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

23 reviews

julianacosta_01's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment

lizzysk555's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cannibalism, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Stalking, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

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

vireya's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.75

Haven’t rated a book in a while but this was so funny. It’s been on my tbr for a while now and I’m so glad I went for it 😹 so good and I’m looking forward to leather and lark when it’s released!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Rape and Child abuse

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

cleiva21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

If it turns into a movie or television serious, it would look amazing animated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death of parent, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

courtneymp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abandonment, Sexual content, Murder, Cannibalism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

ninahuynh's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Oh. Em. Gee!! What a ride! I love the mix of serial killer, murder, love and angst. Rowan is too horny all them time, to be honest, but his protective nature is just great. I feel like more background on each of the character would've been great, like more on how they find and choose their next kill (though I know Lachlan chooses their game pray). I think this would have helped us understand them more in terms of their relationship with killing, trauma and death. We get snippets here and there, and it may be cause Brynne Weaver wanted the romance to be more of the forefront, I don't know. Since the next book focuses on related characters, I hope we get more of Sloane and Lark's story and The Cane brothers' story.

Love the intricate ways that each kill are not the same but there is meaning how they are killed and displayed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment and Pedophilia

amateur_bookworm's review

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

My summary: Rowan and Sloane share a hobby in common—they are each a serial killer who only kills serial killers. Having never met before, Rowan, the Boston Butcher, rescues Sloane, the Orb Weaver, from a cage at a murder crime scene that went wrong, when he stumbled across her while he was chasing a mark they were each apparently tracking. The chance encounter turns into an annual hunting competition, and their friendship turns into love. As Sloane and Rowan each have to face down their own demons, they have to also watch their backs from threats left in their wake. 

My thoughts: This book is utterly unhinged and I didn’t hate it, not even a little bit. Very Dexter-esque vibes. It is NOT for the squeamish. This is a very, very dark, smutty, witty, absolutely insane ride of a book. Parts of it made me actually laugh out loud and parts of it made me set it down to take a little walk to get away from it for a minute. This book is all kinds of fucked up, yet somehow so over the top that it’s funny and I was completely entertained. There’s quite an exhaustive list of trigger warning in the front so if any of it is a deal breaker for you then just skip this one. But the rest of us unwell people will be eagerly awaiting the next installment of this series. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

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