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pages_with_panda's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
The first half was very murdery/dark but then we transitioned into a kitchen/restaurant book and honestly that was a bit jarring...I kind of forget they were murderers with how relatively normal their lives were?
The Big Baddie was also a bit out of left field? It didn't seem plausible at all and was just a bit unexpected and not in a good way so I took off a star for that....
Spoiler Rant on the Antagonist:
Will probably pick up book 2
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder
Moderate: Torture and Stalking
Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
CONTENT & TRIGGER WARNINGS from the author: As much as Butcher & Blackbird is a dark romantic comedy and will hopefully make you laugh through the madness, it's still dark! Please read responsibly. If you have questions about this list, please don't hesitate to contact me at brynneweaverbooks.com or on one of my social media plat- forms (I'm most active on Instagram and TikTok). • Eyeballs and eye sockets • Amateur surgery • Skin ornaments • Chainsaws, axes, knives, scalpels—a lot of sharp objects • Accidental cannibalism • Not-so-accidental cannibalism • Questionable use of a mummified corpse • Lobotomized manservant • Ill-advised use of kitchen implements • I'm sorry about the cookies-and-cream ice cream (I'm not really) • Detailed sex scenes, which include (but are not limited to) cock warming, rough sex, praise kink, anal, adult toys, chok- ing, spitting, dom/sub interactions, genital piercings • References to parental neglect and child abuse • Parental loss (not depicted) • References to child sexual assault (not in detail) • It's a book about serial killers, so there's some generally messed-up murder and chaos • Parental loss (not depicted) • References to child sexual assault (not in detail) • It's a book about serial killers, so there's some generally messed-up murder and chaossongbirdheather's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Child abuse
jmendez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Blood and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Death of parent
now_booking's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was interesting and in its way darkly humorous. I just think it was a bit too gory and gross for me. Maybe too dark as well and I say this being an avid reader of dark romance. This was dark in a horror way. If you enjoy movies like Scary Movie or think a parody of a serial killer psychological drama might be your speed, this might be your book. As humorous and readable as this was, I did think it was missing a bit of character and plot development - terrible incidents in Sloane and Rowan’s pasts are alluded to, but it is never quite said what these incidents are, the murders are pretty public and bloody and theatrical yet they do not fear being caught by the police or anyone else, there’s no tension or conflict about getting caught in the act and we’re never quite sure why. Indeed the why of the plot is a little shallow and weak where there could have been a bit more depth and robustness to make the reader sit up a bit so that there are 4 years summarized in a quarter page of text messaging and an annual meet up for a gory murder. The relationships between Sloane and her BFF Lane and between Rowan and his brothers are surfacey at best when they could have been developed to give us more insights about Sloane and Rowan as characters and make us care a bit more about the secondary cast of friends and siblings who are clearly going to be important in the other books in the trilogy. The sparing detail provided about the characters does not align with the gratuitously explicit nature of the rest of the book and I think that kept this from being a proper 5 star read for me in addition to the matter of it being not quite my taste. It was a bit too spoofy for me without that character and plot development. That said, this WAS sexy and darkly humorous in a horror movie way and I’d recommend it to lovers of horror, gore and dark romance.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse
np36011's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual assault
transcendent's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
To take a fanfic term: I think that this is P WITH P, the dark comedy really coming in clutch alongside the well thought out plot and characterisation of Butcher and Blackbird making it a very fun read, which I feel as if I've been missing from my neverending rotation of books!
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, and Medical content
sebradley29's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
coraotf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit and Stalking
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual violence
I probably missed some warnings in there. Basically, don’t read this without girding your loins first.prairieraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Good read for fans of horror, extreme violence, anti-heros, slasher novels, psychopaths, sociopaths, serial killers, dark romance stories of vengeance, torture, light BDSM, smut, rough sex, sprinkled with wit and dark humour.
Reads like a Christmas Hallmark movie for violent serial killers/ psychopaths/ sociopaths
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
coffexco's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cannibalism and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child abuse