Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

253 reviews

alexashines's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Super dark and twisted, but if you’re ready for it- it’s a great read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

abbysingh's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, and Hate crime

_kaylinconn's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The writing in this is beautiful, and it is so creative compared to some of the things I normally read!! Brom created an intense atmosphere that left me nervous while reading - in the best way.

The talk of identity and finding ourselves is reflected beautifully in both Abitha and Samson.

The reason this gets a lower rating is primarily because I didn’t feel particularly attached to the characters. They all felt like not good people, but not in the fun way. Samson was the most compelling, but he lost me at the end. I did like Abitha, but I didn’t feel connected to her. 

Honestly, my favorite character was Forest and I was sad he didn’t live to see the world he wanted. 

I also am not a fun of vigilante justice that involves torture. I understand why Abitha wishes to punish certain members of the village, and I understand wanting the deaths to be violent. But torture is never something I enjoy reading, and even in vigilante justice, I never find it excusable. Though I know there are people who do horrible things, I just can’t imagine truly torturing another human. And it made me dislike the characters in an irredeemable way. I can understand and still like a character who kills, but torture is too much for me. 

I also am aware this is a me issue! It does not make the book bad for having it, it just makes it something I don’t like.

That being said, I thought this had a lot of beautiful moments in it. RIP Forest, I loved him even though he was a turd

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, 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

birrebir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

marcipanek7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

I loved this book.
Despite everything bad that happened in there it, for some reason, fills me with deep sense of comfort. 
I love you, Abitha and Samson. You will always live inside me. 
(Sweet, sweet vengeance.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bluestar_apologist's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

bearish's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

Fellas is it a Sin to Sleep with Your Wife?, He’s a 10 but He Ate Your Husband, Do You Want to Form an Alliance?, This is Going to Ruin the Tour, Sympathy for the Devil, Fucking Around and Finding Out, Oh Ariana We’re Really in it Now, Hey Don’t Fuck with Cats, This Will Only End in Blood, Female Rage, Where is Your God Now?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

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

kwthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Racial slurs