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Goddess of Filth by V. Castro

11 reviews

bookishholly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I think this being approached as a typical horror is where people are marking it down. This book clearly has so much to say, rather than just trying to scare you. There are such beautiful prose about the terrors women, especially women of colour face. And to mark this down because it wasn’t “horrifying” enough is to do disservice to the horrors that marginalised people face every day. 
I will give it a 4 star for now because so felt that I needed a little more from the characters to fully fall in love with the book but my rating may increase as I sit with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying

louiepotterbook's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Alcohol

smallmac's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Like Slewfoot, but much shorter and with a better ending.  I've been wanting to read about spirituality centered on the earth, and this scratched that itch pretty well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Trafficking

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

ecn's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book, I just wish it was meatier!!

If you love The Craft/Jennifer’s Body combined with themes of girlhood and the ~~Devine Feminine~~ you’ll love this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Outing, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

isalime's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Sexism, and Sexual content

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Goddess of Filth was a coming of age story about loving your friends, embracing your sexuality and pleasure free from shame, and most importantly…female rage. I really enjoyed this read, it was a very fresh take on the possession genre. Honestly, the only reason I did not rate it a 5/5⭐️ is because it could’ve been longer, which is a rare complaint from me. I could’ve spent longer getting to know the girls more outside of the two main characters and the latter half of the novel could’ve been fleshed out more. Nevertheless, this was such an entertaining story that pulled me out of a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

mfrisk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective

5.0

This book was a great mixture of the craft, Jennifer’s body, and maybe a little bit of Sabrina the teenage witch. 

It was a read about friendship, coming of age when you finally get a chance to break away or break free from expectations, and the pursuit of knowledge and ties to language, history, and culture of our ancestors. 

The only thing I wanted more from this book was more of everything - more time with the characters, more pages to soak in the world, and more time to hear about what’s next for these characters and the impact of the events experienced within this small glimpse of time we are seeing into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol

bookishbutch's review

I couldn't staaaand the narrator!! I will try reading it instead. It's definitely promising though, I'll look forward to giving it another shot!(Also, the amount of times the word "female" was used got irritating lol)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Blood