4.85k reviews for:

The Butcher and the Wren

Alaina Urquhart

3.58 AVERAGE

sbettencourt's review

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

onemi's review

3.25

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

gracefullyread's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

fae_mama_reads90's review

3.0

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Love the Morbid podcast, love Alaina and Ash, and was so excited to ready this book! I wasn’t as blown away as I expected to be, but I wasn’t completely disappointed either. It was just ok.

jkzie's review

2.0

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This is just too short. I wanted more about Jeremy and Wren. Lots of untied loose ends. The writing could’ve been better.

jokersmile13's review

3.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kristy_likes_books's review

3.25

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Picked this book up on a whim from my local book club - heavy trigger warnings, but the gore in this book is quite intense. (Thankfully, the other members gave me a heads up!) 

Author Alaina Urquhart moonlights as an IRL autopsy technician, which means the actual autopsy investigation scenes are hyper-realistic... or at least very realistic to me, an untrained couch detective. The plot is a bit all over the place and I don't quite understand

how the twist at the end really worked out?

so if you're looking for a thematic, gory read, this one is for you. Just note that it's the first in a series so you'll need to pick up the sequel (and perhaps an upcoming third?) to finish the plot.

I enjoyed the Louisiana bayou theme even if the plot wasn't entirely coherent, so if you're a ~vibes~ reader, I think you'll like this one.

jordynt3632's review

4.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bjbelkins's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

prideguy's review

4.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes