Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

132 reviews

nobosmomma's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Grief

phi222's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.25

Well written gory horror smut. However I couldn't get past the poor medical treatment of a dislocated shoulder. Don't know what that says about me but I really kept wondering if that shoulder was okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Confinement

Minor: Stalking, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

thats_so_raychell's review

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

jsmulan96's review

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Confinement, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual content, Murder, and Physical abuse

agitwithnoname's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

Cookies and cream ice cream is my flavour of depravity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, Confinement, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Vomit, Stalking, Torture, Death, Murder, Body horror, and Gore

naipb's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• 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: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Gore

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

soph_8's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

Its definitely worth reading the content warnings before starting this book! But it's an interesting spin on the usual romance genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse

h_amaya_s's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Torture, Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, and Child abuse

nefariousnautilus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

I did not know what I was getting into until the content warnings page, which was super helpful, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I’m not sure this is how murderer psychology works, but I don’t really care. I loved Rowan’s single-minded, pure devotion, and Sloane’s rise in confidence as the story went on. For all the murder, the love story at the core of this is super sweet, which balances well. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

The content warnings make this look terrifying, but it didn’t bother me and the bulk of the story was the love story. This was incredibly creative and different and I highly recommend if the author’s content warnings don’t bother you.