Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

155 reviews

clemireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

intensej's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

5.0

Please don't judge me, but I loved this book. I think I just read it at the right time and in the right place (on an airplane). The murder scenes felt super campy to me, and it made all the violence and gore tolerable. The sex scenes in this book were absolutely filthy. I felt like this book had more smut than Ali Hazelwood's books. I immediately downloaded the second book in the series (Leather & Lark) because I had to read about Lachlan and Lark. Butcher & Blackbird goes all in on the friends to lovers trope. If you liked the television show Dexter, you might enjoy all of the scenes of killing a serial killer in this book. The first half is angst and murders and the second half of the book is smut. Also, all of the scenes with Rowan working as a chef made me think of the television show The Bear. My one criticism of this book was the extreme time jumps to fast forward 1 year. 

Content: mentions of sexual abuse, extremely graphic sex, violence, gore, death, cannibalism 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Vomit

jenjenb88's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

4.5

I loved the dual narration of this book. The story dragged a bit to start but, I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

jessi169'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

leahkmci's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I went into this book pretty blind and picked it up based on the crazy good reviews.
THIS BOOK WAS DARK AF
but somehow also a romcom in a very twisted way.
I could not put it down and the plot twist
I texted my bestie when it happened and I quote “bruh….you are going to shit a brick”
Can’t wait to read the next book 
ALSO THE FUCKING EPILOGUE IM DEAD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

elonn's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

1.5

This should’ve been two different books - a serial killer romance novel and a chef romance novel, but instead they were crudely crammed into one book. If you’re going to make both your main characters lovable serial killers, you need to commit. The author didn't and consequently I never bought either of them as killers. They had zero killer traits outside of their actual killing. In the scenes where they are killing, they felt like completely different people. I wish I had gotten to spend more time with those people bc they were way more interesting than the normal versions of themselves. I never even understood why Rowan liked killing or what motivated him. The whole serial killer plot (the MAIN fucking plot) felt completely unfinished.

This book was also SO gory in ways it did not earn. I don’t even mind gore. It was just so out of place in this otherwise tame book. 

The dialogue was atrocious, I could barely get through their stupid “banter.” And some parts barely even made sense, like

why did he fly there just to hide behind a tree?? If you had no plans to see her or talk to her, wouldn’t it have been easier to just Instacart her the ingredients from Boston?? Has this author never heard of Postmates or...? I know delivery fees are high but they’re definitely not the $500 you paid some random kid.

I am so confounded by this plot choice.

 
I think the worst part was

the intensely rough sex scene that took place hours after she was severely injured. Maybe I’m CRAZY, but I just don’t enjoy sex scenes when one character has a fresh, grievous injury.

WEIRD, I know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

readyforit's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.75

4.75⭐️4🌶️(honestly could’ve done w more spice)

Wow I wish every audiobook with dual pov came with duet narration; it really elevated the story for me! I wasn’t sure if I’d vibe with this end of the spectrum of dark romance since there are some pretty graphic scenes involving murder. I think if you like true crime you will probably be okay with the level of gore, unless you’re eating while listening😵‍💫. This is more of a romcom serial killer adventure book than it is dark romance. There are a lot of crossover tropes like touch her/him and die, but I don’t ever expect to laugh while reading dark romance and I laughed a lot during this book! I can definitely see myself rereading and I’m excited to read the next book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

This book is pretty gory at times, do NOT eat any kind of

meat, lunch meat, or ice cream

while listening.

sage_alexandra's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

I really appreciated the author's thoughtfulness of putting a list of trigger warnings at the beginning of the book. I also felt personally attacked by the statement following those warnings:

For those of you who read the trigger warnings and said, "Accidental cannibalism?! Count me in!" This one's for you.

Excited to read Leather and Lark next! I bought it when I was about halfway thru B&B.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Grief

stumpty's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

bookswabi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Cannibalism