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The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

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anxieteaandbiscuits12's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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guerosushiman666's review

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dark fast-paced

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

1.0

The is objectively a poorly written book. There is an overt use of adjectives that do nothing but take the reader out if the story. There is practically 0 character development in the story. At one point in the book, the author says that a corpse with colored eyes are harder to accept. As if those with colored eyes are more dead than people with brown eyes. There are several times that entire sentences should have been edited out of the book, but are left, serving no real purpose. At one point early in the book, it is said pointed out that Wren cracks her knuckles, acknowledging it is a bad habit, but Wren's habit nonetheless...then never mentioned again. I wondered several times while reading this book if it had an editor: apparently there was, but they did no favors to the author. Examples that made me question if there was any research done or if there was in fact an editor include:

a head shot kill from a glock 22 from tens of yards away, a 17 inch knife fitting inside of a cargo pant pocket, and a shotgun with a scope that shoots bullets.

I found this book extremely predictable and poorly written.

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ktdakotareads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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jesuskleist's review

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dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

V good! I did spend the entirety of this book waiting for them to fuck though… real twist there… my b Wren

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bones008's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It was very gripping! i’m looking forward to more books from this author

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katharina90's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

I enjoyed it, particularly the dual POV, but the book was short and didn't allow me to really get to know the characters.

A little more depth to the characters would have gone a long way to get me invested in their story.

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parchementhallucinations's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

So freaking good! Best thriller I have read in a long time. How is this Alaina's first book and it's THIS good?? I enjoyed the detailed medical aspect of this book (you may not like it if you're squeamish). I love a dual POV. I also felt like she did an excellent job at making me hate the killer, in that "love to hate him" kind of way. I can't wait for the sequel!

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