Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

5 reviews

justinekorson's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

This was interesting. I didn't know anything about the book but a friend bought it for me so I thought I'd give it a read. It was a lot more fun than I was expecting and less gross. I can't say I'm a dark romance girly in the traditional sense because when most people talk about dark romance I feel like they're talking about all these bad things happening to the FMC by the MMC against her will. Like I'm all for the dark romance being like "oh he's a killer" "he's unhinged" "he's scary" but as long as he doesn't hurt the lead character then I'm cool with it! Like why are you trying to hurt the object of your affection? That should be the exception to the rule. BUT IDK THAT'S JUST ME. Either way, this was funny because the two of them were so unhinged but like functional??? In everyday life??? Which I guess is true for sociopaths but I also don't think sociopaths are capable of love so I don't know what to call them. The FBI apparently calls them vigilante's so I guess that??? But something Rowan said at the end about her evolving and not devolving like most people believe killers would do really got to me. Like I know this was fake but it was really stretching some truths here. 

REGARDLESS!!! Rowan and Sloane were really cute together and I enjoyed their banter. I'm really looking forward to reading about the rest of Rowan's brothers. Their stories are already kind of built up so I think they'll both really exciting too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Abandonment

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: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, and Rape

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

marissareuther's review against another edition

dark 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: Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, and Alcohol