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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

55 reviews

impville's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Colonisation

Minor: Domestic abuse and Racial slurs

kds247's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A perfect spooky read, especially for those who are interested in the Salem Witch Trials. Brom’s incorporation of pagan mythology and the witch trials conducted by the puritans made this such an interesting story. I absolutely couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

jully_bean's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Alcohol

widowrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Basically, I enjoyed this book. It was a little slow for my taste, and I kept looking at the page count wondering how much longer until it ends. It’s well written and the characters are complex. Not something I would read again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

nymeria123's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Overall, a great witchy read full of magic, blood, gore, and spirits. It would have been a perfect book for Halloween. And as someone who grew up in a very religious household, the commentary on extreme Christian beliefs was interesting.
I wish more had been done with the Pequot indigenous characters - their culture and the characters could have been more represented in my opinion which could lead to them feeling less like stereotypes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Colonisation

stephanieanneauthor's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book gave me everything I wanted and more! I tend to prefer psychological and body horror, but the mix of dark fantasy and historical fiction is blended perfectly into the horrors that occur. And yes, I got some body horror out of this story. As an additional bonus, the audiobook is well narrated.

Brom's writing style is beautiful, and I felt just about every emotion over the course of this dark tale. And given the multitudes of dualities - man vs nature, woman vs man, pagan vs christian, etc - I wouldn't be surprised if I got more out of a second reading. This might just have to be something I re-read in the future.

Overall, the story reminds me of that meme that's something along the lines of: my favourite horror movie genre is "good for her". I cheered Abitha's every success and felt my heart ache for her with every failure. Good for her!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

shedevls's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

i love everything about this book and i highly suggest it to anyone who loves anything that falls into a genre i like to call "good for her".  100/10. yes. 

also, can we take a moment to talk about the artwork???? it's Absolutely Stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

laurel616's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

Heed the content warnings on this one - I didn't, and read this based on multiple recommendations from online sources, and I honestly wish I had.  

At about the 75% mark I put this down and went seeking reviews to see if I wanted to finish it - I knew by then it would not be a good ending, but I wanted at least a satisfying ending.  The general consensus was that it would be satisfying, so I powered through.  

I am glad I did, I do feel like it was worth getting to the end, but if I had known some of the more gore and graphic scenes that were in this, I would have skipped it.  That being said, I did feel like it ended in the best place it could have, and didn't leave me dreading anything. 

I read this on an e-reader and based on some of the other reviews I wish I had the physical book to see better the illustrations included for each chapter start (and at the end). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

adbooks20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism

furaleii's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

If you love a story about female rage, misogynistic assholes getting what's coming to them, and a beautiful mix of violence, the macabre, and nature, you'll probably love this book. I know I did!

The beginning of the book was pretty creepy, though it quickly stopped becoming creepy and almost became light-hearted in the middle. Slewfoot and Abitha have an adorable relationship, and the kids (Sky and Creek) are goofy, to the point where some of their antics made me laugh (though idk if that was the intention). None of the violence particularly disturbed me, though it was very graphic and gross at time-- the nature and the way scenery is described was beautiful, and often the most bloody moments were intertwined with nature and magic; something I loved. The main character, Abitha, is the only woman who was stubborn and headstrong enough to openly go against the Puritan's beliefs in many of the things she did, and I loved that Edward was a secret book and drawing enjoyer. Slewfoot was ADORABLE. Kinda reminded me of a Duskwalker, from the Duskwalker bride series; violent from bloodlust, but not evil and just trying to figure out who he is/what his place is in the world.

The only time I truly disliked what was happening was (TW: Spoilers and animal abuse)

when Booka was killed by the Puritans; I can't read animal cruelty especially not towards cats, and I skipped many of the paragraphs that talked about it.

It was important to the plot, I guess, but I also just feel like it was mostly there for shock factor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture