Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Marrow by Brynne Weaver, Trisha Wolfe

11 reviews

wii3rdo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

i’m having the hardest time trying to rate this book. on the one hand, for the plot and development of the story? i would easily give it a 4.5. on the other hand, the smut alone gets a 1-star rating. as much as i loved how the story unraveled, how the characters’ relationship developed, and how their pasts were revealed, and watching the way everything fell into place, it’s something i’d want to recommend.

TWO RIVAL SERIAL KILLERS? C’MON, HOW COULD I NOT BE INTRIGUED??

but they fucked in a dead guy’s blood AND next to his body. and it’s disconcerting, especially since it happened twice 🥴

i knew going in that this wasn’t going to be a sweetheart read that i could breeze through, i knew there would be gore and violence, and these characters aren’t outstanding people, but Jesus FUCK the smut was depraved. not like i was reading it for the smut anyways, but there was a point when i felt things escalating sexually i just skimmed until i was past it because i didn’t want another fucking jump-scare.

Kyrie and Jack’s story was GRIPPING! i love how they toyed with each other, their characterizations were remarkably detailed,

and i loved the emphasis on the color of Kyrie’s eyes.

i liked their games and the way the story unfolded which is why i’m pissed i had to bypass

them fucking in blood next to a dead body

just to get through the story.

i have friends i know would love the Crime and Murder aspect of this and their work within their facility, but i won’t recommend this simply because i don’t want them to tweak out on me about the smut scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

magicofservice's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

This book is for all the people who ship hannigram. 
It's dark, it's thrilling, it's hot. I love this book so much I could actually reread it and still love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishxobsession's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is not for the faint hearted. It is NOT like butcher & blackbird with the exception that it is a story about two rival serial unalivers who happen to fall for each other. This book takes every gorey & graphic detail to the extreme. It is violent, gorey and detailed. The authors don't shy away from how depraved the characters are. The trigger warnings are real and you should definitely abide by them. 

That being said, I think going into this book with the correct expectations is going to make or break your experience. If you are looking for some psychotic serial unalivers that are academic enemies & end up equally psychotic lovers, and enjoy the nitty gritty details of how they unalived their vics & got away with it, this is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahberryshortcake's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was incredible! Who knew murder could be so sexy. I wish I could read it again for the first time. I read Butcher and Blackbird first and thought that was a little spicy and scandalous with the murder thrown in. This was more so! Highly recommend if you can handle dark romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

poupimali's review against another edition

dark lighthearted 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

I loved it.
As somple as that.
I love the chemistry between the grumpy sociopath serial killer Jack and the skinned alive serial killer Kyrie.
How their paths cross. How the desire and the smell of death floats around all along the story.

The danish love declarations from Jack literally killed me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

taroroot's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

it was okay

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny

bwegz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

kjenae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.25

THE FMC AND MMC ARE BOTH SERIAL KILLERS??? SIGN ME UP! 
this book gave me all the feels, tragic back story, “who did this to you?”, “touch her and you’ll *literally* die”….it gave a bit of rivals-to-lovers because they were competing on both:
1. their place of work
2. that there could only be one serial killer in their area. 

I love knowing that only those two characters could find love within each other…like there’s literally no one else who could understand them and accept all them except for each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Stalking

there’s brief details of dismemberment and other things that I can’t remember, but the authors provide trigger warnings in very beginning

sydreadslots's review against another edition

4.0

I used to be a die hard criminal minds fan and loved fbi agents hunting down serial killers so why did this book have me rooting for the killers!? It was just that good.

The trigger warnings and dark content were no joke but I didn’t feel like it was gore and graphic for shock and awe which I appreciate. 

The chemistry between Jack and Kyrie was off the charts and both their put on personas and their authentic selves were so engaging that reading it felt like a sprint. The epilogue was the perfect ending to their story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, and Murder

fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury