Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

4 reviews

sizzlesteaks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Murder, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Police brutality, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

lefay_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content

that_cow_girl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

A fantastic take on the classic puritan witch story. Fantastic characterization of Samson, and I loved Abitha’s transformation throughout the book. Brom’s paintings are eerie and his way of storytelling sucked me in. I could not stop reading! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Death, Blood, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

rionstorm's review

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.0

This book is a bit sluggish and a bit repetitive - it could have been shorter and accomplished the same more effectively. 

It reminded me of The VVitch, so if you're in the mood for pilgrim themed horror that is not really scary you may enjoy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Gore, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Police brutality, Gun violence, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism