Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

94 reviews

ohyayitsapril's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

So, this started off strong for me and I was really excited to see the direction it was headed. But, the ending was just … not at all what I was hoping for I guess? I felt let down in a way and like the character betrayed herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Colonisation, and Sexism

mothwitchlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Gore, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

aedoran08's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body horror, Blood, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

alliecat1915's review

dark mysterious tense

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

verinvaldez's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Harrowing scenes of human cruelty with a cathartic ending. If you want a classic witch persecution story read this. You'll get more than you bargained for and it'll be so worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Torture, Sexism, Murder, Animal death, and Racism

Moderate: Violence and Self harm

bookshelf_al's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexism, Violence, Torture, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death

ttmena's review against another edition

dark mysterious

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

kylahstaley's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I support women’s rights, but more importantly i support women’s wrongs. 

Slewfoot is the perfect October read! I also highly recommend listening to the audiobook. 

I found myself rooting for Abitha at the start and continued to do so until the very end. <Despite all the blood and gore it is so satisfying to see Abitha get her vengeance.> 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

sha's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

mallicat's review against another edition

2.0

So the first mmmmmmmmm 35% bored me near to tears. Then at 40% I was like. Okay this is good and finally getting somewhere. Then I was upset at about the 55% mark. And. Then. They. Tossed. In. Animal. Abuse. For. Shits. And. Giggles. And then 85%-95% was good because they all got what they deserved and the feminine rage was there to play and I LOVED THAT. So overall it was a wild rollercoaster of ups and downs (with more downs) which makes it not. Hated but certainly not great. The art was stunning, the writing was good (a little confusing at times but that was mostly on purpose I think), and I am glad to have read it because the parts that I did like were like. 4.5 stars, and the ending was SO SATISFYING. But I really can’t forgive how bored I was and how much I wanted to throw the book at the wall during the parts I’ve already described. By all means. I really think people should give it a go because it was quite cozy and weird. But it just wasn’t for me unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and Violence