Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 1 by Brynne Weaver, Lucy Rivers

256 reviews

cyberhavok's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

geekykiki's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

This book is the perfect mix of gore, smut and humor and loved every second. Not for squeamish folks but is definitely for those who like there comedy super dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault, Excrement, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mld12's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

2.5

I thought about 3 stars but I had to really push myself through the beginning… I liked the characters, but some stuff just felt too unbelievable for their lifestyles/personalities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual assault

sinslashcos's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.0

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHH
this book was soooooooooooooo unhinged and I was absolutely here for it!

highly recommended for the kinky straight people

With the whole David twist, I imagined being a serial killer in this universe and getting stressed leading up to August in case the Butcher & Blackbird come after me! I love the vision of all the criminals being SO stressed while this lovey-dovey couple is just skipping through a field of flowers, swinging their blades around and leaving a trail of blood and dead bodies behind them.

Also, you could absolutely replace Sloane with Celaena and Rowan with, well, Rowan and this would make perfect sense to me.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

msnyss's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

twistykris's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Blood, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

cheesine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

mollywetta's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This is really unpolished and erratic, needed lots more editing. I get the appeal because it is like a fun fanfic but I don’t love the character or world already so I need some actual plot and character development beyond banter and action sequences and then sex scenes with no buildup or tension. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Sexual assault

lex_is_bookish's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Alcohol

asipofcozy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

This was actually quite enjoyable for a book that was outside my comfort zone. I honestly did not know what to expect going in and my first thought was expecting gore, violence, and scenes that made me squeamish. However, I really didn't get a lot of that. Yes there was gore and some schemes were kinda disgusting but nothing that made me put the book down which was what I was hoping. Also, I guess I was expecting slightly higher stakes - I mean these are literally two serial killers and I felt like all they did was get away with murder and no questions were asked. I didn't feel like there was much of a "conflict and resolution" like in other books and so this was definitely focused on the very slow-burn sexual tension romance.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual assault