Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

24 reviews

honeygore's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This story definitely falls under the category of "good for her" I absolutely enjoyed every single second of this book with only one exception (animal death). Other than that it was twisted and gruesome and lovely! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Torture, Body horror, Bullying, Blood, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Vomit, Sexual content, and Death of parent

gudrqa's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

First part of the book was enjoyable and I'd rate it 4.5 even but then it started dragging out quickly. Not a lot of magic for a tale of bewitchery.

The problems for me started when it became a torture porn. The whole second part of the book felt like a kink. The constant mentions of hair and torture. A lot of it was repeated all the time. I either wish it wasn't so graphic/maybe less victims OR that it was more inventive.

 

I might've enjoyed it more if I didn't pick up an audiobook version. I didn't like the voices the lector was making.
I couldn't really care for the characters except one

the pastor's wife

. A lot of plot points didn't feel impactful enough. The main character never felt at risk really after the first two plot points

the beginning with the goat and then her husband's death. After that the first encounter with the Father happened and immediately we knew she would be safe with him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death

aubzilla's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

I loved the first half of this book, but it took a turn towards the end that I found really disappointing. It was so close to being exactly the kind of thing I want to read- light horror with a lovable and practical female lead and creative world building- but by the end I felt like the main character lost her lovable qualities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Colonisation, Violence, Child death, Gun violence, Racism, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Cursing

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

ghoul_girl's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Never has a book so fully described the anger and frustration of life as a woman. Abitha's rage lives in all of us. The way I couldn't stop reading, couldn't put the book down because I was so in her head. We've all had to deal with a Wallace and seeing him get his due was so satisfying. I cried with Abitha and Samson and raged and rejoiced with them. 
This book is definitely a new favorite and one I'll definitely recommend to every woman I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

killmoore_'s review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Whelp. That was a story. 

Good for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Alcohol, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Colonisation, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Torture, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Sexism, Blood, and Confinement

Minor: Death, Religious bigotry, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Death of parent, Sexual content, Bullying, Colonisation, and Murder

emilywemily6's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This book was so interesting and nothing like I have ever read before.  The vibes would be great for the fall, especially with the climax of the story taking place in October I think. I felt the feminine rage and had to take a break or two from reading because of it. But the ending was so satisfying! I wish it was a little shorter, especially in the middle. And I wish both the magic system and Slewfoot were more flushed out and dynamic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Religious bigotry, Violence, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

flamesocks's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Bullying, Murder, Racism, Gaslighting, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Violence, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

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