Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

236 reviews

jarolyn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

apoll0_yon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexism

bremusa's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexism, Blood, and Religious bigotry

camilleo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

EDWARD, MY SHAYLA 🥹🥹🥹🥹 
BOOKA, MY SHAYLA 🥹🥹🥹🥹
ABITHA, MY SHAYLA 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Wow, I love books from this era but this one in particular made me feel so many emotions. 
I was SOOOO upset with the village and their attitudes toward Abi because she’s wasn’t a perfect godly woman. And when they turned on Sarah????? UGH. 
I also liked the supernatural aspect and how it explored different religions. It was very intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, and Religious bigotry

immorallybookish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

totalliebookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

mswarbrick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

A creepy, Gothic, horror story rich with mythology and interwoven with a healthy dose of female rage (and revenge). Definitely not for the faint of heart but oh so deliciously creepy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

mintywitch'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent

atomicdesertmouse's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

citrulle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I definitely enjoyed reading this, finishing it quickly, but I am left with conflicting thoughts. The writing is fairly straightforward and simple, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  I would say it was more in the line of fantasy than horror, as some scenes were certainly tense and there was a lot of gore but not particularly scary. 

A lot of the characters felt very shallow and one dimensional, with the exception being Reverend Carter which came as a pleasant surprise to me. I also liked Edward a lot, and hated the appropriate cast. I think Forest was one of the more rounded characters, with complicated motivations that didn’t exist with the others who all had relatively straightforward goals.

I really liked Samson though, and I thought the parts of him trying to remember himself and who he was to be well written and among my favourite scenes in the novel. The journey of Abitha reconnecting with her ancestors and Mother Earth and discovering the magic within her and around her was also a highlight, and I wish her reconnecting with her ancestors had been touched upon a bit more.

I rooted for Abitha through the end, and was glad to see her revenge had, and that she and Samson continue on to be protectors of nature after the fact, but in Abitha’s thirst for revenge, I’m left wondering  how Abitha is different from the men. Confessing their love for their god and hurting others out of fear and anger. I suppose you could say that her anger was justified (I think so) but the end came off a bit like revenge porn. I’d like to think she mellowed out a little bit, considering many innocents were killed in the blood bath at the end.

I did overall enjoy this novel, all that being said. It was a light read, despite the darker subject matter, and I liked reading it. There’s a lot of good ideas in here, and the weaker points weren’t enough to make me DNF or not enjoy reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Colonisation