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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

22 reviews

moxiefoxie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence

mishup_3's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Blood, and Excrement

solarel's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

People suck. 

I’m conflicted a bit. While I enjoyed the main two characters, Abitha and Samson, I found the plot as a whole to be very… typical? 

Samson’s story was by far the most interesting plot line. I enjoyed watching him struggle to find who he really is. Is he the monster or the savior? Abitha however, her story felt not just predictable but inevitable. The last third of the book is pure torture porn, and she did not grow as a character. She is merely an instrument of a vengeance arc. 

I saw a lot of reviewers say this story was very white. And I think I see what they mean. I don’t know what the author’s religious background is, but this read as a very Christian framed story. People said this was a horror novel. I didn’t find it scary, only sad. People were the villain. Puritan culture was the villain. And yet it still felt like it was still validating their beliefs in the end with what was supposed to be the “horror”. 

I don’t know if that makes sense, but “pagan” aspects were not rooted in lore beyond that of Christianity. I guess that’s what made it feel like more of a fantasy masquerade of a pagan story of blurred good and evil. 

Stars for ambiance and entertainment only. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenthompson6290's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

rnapaulymerase's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence

jessie_cobb's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

veritymendes's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Totally not a book I normally gravitate towards, however, I truly enjoyed it. The rage I felt when Wallace and the other members of the church so much as spoke! They were truly awful people. Abatha did no wrong, Mother Earth only does what’s right, after all. Samson is a lovely devil who supports his lady’s rights AND wrongs.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Religious bigotry

scifi_rat's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child death

attackrat's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

the artwork is beautiful and the atmosphere was pretty good, but it lacked the proper tone for a horror. the only horror aspects were strewn in graphic violence that really didn’t match the rest of the story. and the story itself was pretty derivative, there wasn’t really any unique spin put on the puritan-witch-trials/“good for her” narrative and I was bummed by that. the characters were mostly caricatures from witch stories that have already been done before. and the ending was such a let-down; the last quarter was just unnecessary torture-p*rn and predictable oh shit moments. 

and this is a personal gripe but i’m almost certain that the characters are not using “mayhap” right and they say it so often that i just could not look past it. i liked Slewfoot and Abitha (even though they were sooo cheesy sometimes) but not enough to save the book unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation