The Butcher
Ratings28
Average rating3.8
DID NOT FINISH — I will not rate a book that I shelf as “did not finish.” I don't believe it's fair to put a rating on books I didn't read from beginning to end.
Talk about a thriller. This was sooo good. I literally couldn't stop reading. I am obsessed!
I would have loved it more had the ending not been so fast, neat, and tidy. I guess I'm not a happy endings girl, but I also hated all of the characters so perhaps I wanted it to turn out worse. Still a good read! 3.5.
read for my patreon book club: april 2023read for magical readathon 2023 [moon warden]: astronomy (two letter e's in title)
this had such a despicable villian which i loved. i enjoyed sam a lot and her bestie boo. matt can eat ass for all i care. jennifer is amazing at characterization and that end twist?! quaking
This is my second book by this author and I can see why people love her writing. While not the traditional thriller, this was interesting nonetheless.
I actually liked that we get to see who the serial killer is from the beginning and essential watch how the story plays out. The only real gripe I had was with Matthew. He irked me all around and I couldn't stand him.
The narrator does a fantastic job and made this one hard to stop listening to. Definitely recommend for thriller fans but just go in knowing it's more of a storytelling type “thriller” vs. action-packed.
At this point I've read 3 Jennifer Hillier books. Jar of Hearts, Things We Do In The Dark, and now this one. This one has been my favorite. I loved the premise. I flew through it and found it overall enjoyable to read.
That being said where was the editor for this ebook? There were so many grammatical error it actually took me out of the story.
I also didn't like the casual racism by not only our “villain” but also by some of the “good guys”.
There's also repeated use of the R-Slur that bothered me too. I understand one of the characters is 80 and is from a different time. Still made me uncomfortable to read the racist, sexist, and ableist slurs used even when prefaces by “this is what we'd say back in my day”.
Despite the flaws, and not being surprise by a single “twist” The Butcher was a decently good read.