Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

51 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chasingpages1's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Abandonment

caitlynfoster24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

sarahmaemae's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Medical content and Medical trauma

shelbibroeking's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A great, gripping read with a twist I genuinely wasn’t expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I didn’t understand where the plot was going and the reveal / plot twist didn’t fully make sense to me.  I also strongly disliked the ending. I felt like I was reading a textbook sometimes and not an actual horror / scary gruesome book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

leazybeazy's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

1.0

It was a good premise, but we learnt little about Wren and an incredible amount about the Butcher. The location could have really been anywhere with swamps, there was very little sense of place despite the book being set in New Orleans. The descriptions of the dead bodies were incredibly graphic by comparison. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thewickedbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

emyrogers's review against another edition

dark

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, and Fatphobia