Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

102 reviews

stonams's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

andrewhatesham's review

As much as I dislike boiling down a book as to being "boring," that's pretty much the only explanation I have for why I didn't finish this.

It had me through the first few chapters, but then it progressively got less and less interesting. The pace slowed down when I expected it to speed up, and while I wouldn't necessarily say the plot is predictable, I'll say that for me, almost nothing felt surprising. In other words: I got bored.

Lastly, this is not the fault of the book, but I was expecting this to be more of a horror story than a fantasy. This was dark, but not scary at all.

The art is really cool though!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, 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

samlopez93's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

For all the grief and torture this book gives, it matches that level with what I believe to be a very satisfying ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

library_goth's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-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

I could read this 100 times. The characters are vivid, the storytelling is incredible, the pacing just right. I especially enjoyed the messaging about complicated morals, religious hypocrisy, and the duality of all living things.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery and Suicidal thoughts

sydneydtoole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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 death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

alliecat1915's review against another edition

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

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

caidyn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

This was so good. I hate that I slept on this for so long! But, wow, great book and very creepy vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Colonisation

asipofcozy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I wanted to add something a little spooky to my reading list for this October, and while it wasn't as spooky as I thought it would be it was still quite enjoyable. I loved the conversations and issues that Brom raises not only on past history but current society today. Especially the notion that if it doesn't "fit" society's box, it's considered not right, unordinary, witch-craft, devilry, unorthodox. He also touches on women and how easily they are casted into the shadow of "witchery" and what men defined women throughout history. 

The one thing I would call out, is the pacing. It took well over 100 pages for the plot to pick up speed. There was a lot of information at the beginning that I just didn't care much about. It wasn't until around page 150 (well over half the book) where the plot really became intriguing and I flew through the last 100 pages. For such a short book and a stand-alone, the beginning could have done without a lot of unneeded information.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail