Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

47 reviews

atiedgen's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Cannibalism

mscora77's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

The writing was great and easily kept me engaged. It was dark, gory, but also lighthearted and funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mrscassian's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rhi_'s review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, and Stalking

simonic13's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nixet914's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Pedophilia

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia

zoeyangelie's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

so glad i borrowed this from the library before buying it because it was definitely not worth it 🥲 this was hugely hyped on booktok and i can’t understand why. i read most of it and just skipped through the last 5 or 6 chapters. i was so bored the whole time, i had a hard time rooting for these characters/their relationship and there was just no plot and too many spicy scenes that were there just because; like they didn’t add to the progression of the book at all. i should have dnfed it earlier on instead of wasting my time lol. will not be continuing this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cannibalism, and Stalking

mamadeb615's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is NOT my usual genre, but I’m a Patreon for several artists and they did a picture of Sloan and Rowan and it got me interested.  I read the synopsis and thought “What the heck?”  

Well, I enjoyed this read much more than I thought I would.  I mean, I finished it in one day!!  Did I cringe? Yep.  Did I laugh out loud several times? Also yep.  Was this steamy AF?  You better believe it!!  And best of all, I loved the characters!  I was cheering them on the entire time — even when doing morally grey activities. 😆 

And if you haven’t listen to the audiobooks, you’re missing out! The narrators are fantastic and bring the characters to life.  It’s almost like a graphic audio book because the male and female narrators play off each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

dianeok's review against another edition

dark lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

The smut is smutty, but the character development sucks.  It reads like a darker version of Twilight.  You can get pulled in by the uncomplicated plot and smut, but then if you try to ask yourself who the main characters really are, or why they are likable, you come up with nothing other then they are handsome/pretty and smutty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail