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A review by imogenrose97
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
This book was a far step from my normal genres and I spent each night while I was reading it, jittery with images of shadows watching from the dark with needlelike teeth. The characters were vivid and bold and made me so furious I could have screamed. Each pious hypocritical word rang true with what I know of the period of burning witches and ostracising the other.
Slewfoot/Samson's identity struggle was such a fun mystery to read, trying to work out who was telling him the truth and who was using him for their own gain was intriguing and perfect for reading as a buddy read. Though, once again, clear communication could have solved that problem pretty early on.
Abitha was wild and strong and most importantly kind, even if she did not receive kindness herself, and had an incredible sense of right and wrong and constantly worked to be godly, hard as it was with the town and fucking Wallace being a bitch. I'm really not sure I would have been allowed to live and would likely have been burnt as a witch if I had lived back then.
I particularly enjoyed the depictions and visions of all gods as one, so many eyes watching humanity, different but one.
Now though I truly enjoyed the ending and the just desserts received, something in me made me want the townsfolk to know and understand what is truly good, that their cruelty was not godly, that to look at something or someone different and decide devil without so much as a conversation is no way to be good (though correct for the time). I wanted their minds to be changed, for them to see, as the reverend did, that good and godly is about actions and kindness and questioning. That to be good or bad is not black and white. While I know that this would have taken waaaay too much writing and maybe wouldn't have been satisfying for anyone but me, someone understanding their wrongdoing is still my most perfect ending.
Slewfoot/Samson's identity struggle was such a fun mystery to read, trying to work out who was telling him the truth and who was using him for their own gain was intriguing and perfect for reading as a buddy read. Though, once again, clear communication could have solved that problem pretty early on.
Abitha was wild and strong and most importantly kind, even if she did not receive kindness herself, and had an incredible sense of right and wrong and constantly worked to be godly, hard as it was with the town and fucking Wallace being a bitch. I'm really not sure I would have been allowed to live and would likely have been burnt as a witch if I had lived back then.
Now though I truly enjoyed the ending and the just desserts received, something in me made me want the townsfolk to know and understand what is truly good, that their cruelty was not godly, that to look at something or someone different and decide devil without so much as a conversation is no way to be good (though correct for the time). I wanted their minds to be changed, for them to see, as the reverend did, that good and godly is about actions and kindness and questioning. That to be good or bad is not black and white. While I know that this would have taken waaaay too much writing and maybe wouldn't have been satisfying for anyone but me, someone understanding their wrongdoing is still my most perfect ending.