Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Wolfsong by TJ Klune

19 reviews

eikaia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual assault

lizal's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

This book is weird and gross and has some scenes that are so pornographic you wonder if you’re reading something completely different. I knew this book wasn’t going to be like TJs more popular book but I didn’t know it was would be like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-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

4.0

I have never in my life read a book that feels so much like fanfiction. There's a certain type of ridiculousness that is usually reserved for AO3 that I found in abundance her, and I think for many that may be a deal breaker; however, with that absurdity comes the readability also typical of that platform, which for me sort of balanced things out. There is definitely some problematic stuff here (particularly regarding the age gap in the romance), but if you're able to get past that and turn your brain off a little, this is a really fun time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Torture, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, War, and Body horror

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

bookheathens's review against another edition

4.0

I loved most of this story. The things that weirded me out or almost made me dnf was how much Ox thought of Joe always as a little boy or a young teen, usually in sentimental and intimate moments. I know what Klune was going for, but it didn’t quite land right with me. 

Nor did the way Ox’s dad spoke to him. There’s zero mention that I could find that the R-word would be used so heavily in the first 60 pages. Again, I get that his dad was trash, but could he have used another method to describe that he viewed Ox as “simple and dumb.” hell, I just did 😒

Also, Ox is anything but simple and dumb 😡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

alsoapples's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

kels_mac's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

The cliche trashy werewolf romance I needed to get me out of my reading slump

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Emotional abuse

marigoldenora's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

This book tore at my soul in the best way. I laughed and cried with these characters and their struggles. However, this is book is graphic in more ways than one and has some complex characters that you're not always going to like. I loved this book and the message is carried, but be ready for graphic descriptions and to be a little uncomfy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content

frazilice's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

k80mae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I find myself struggling to write any kind of nuanced review for this book. On the one hand, I absolutely devoured it in just a little over a day. I read the first 300 pages in one sitting. I found the characters and their voices to be absolutely compelling, even if their arcs felt circuitous and repetitious at times. Ox especially had an absolutely wonderful narrative voice and made it so easy to be immersed in his story when normally, I find the first person POV absolutely grating. Every single one of his platonic relationships were compelling and interesting and I wish had been fleshed out even more than they were. The interpersonal dynamics here were fascinating and so much fun to read. 

On the other hand, I don't know if I was really sold on the romance here. Next to Ox and the rest of the cast of characters, Joe did not feel nearly as fleshed out or strong of a character. Throughout the book, he was the only character whose voice I felt did not land for me. Considering he is the main romantic interest and driving force behind Ox's actions, it made it difficult to invest myself in the romance. What I find myself most distracted by, however, is that I was completely unable to look at the world-building and plot and not think that the author had to have been inspired by fandom for a very specific television show popular in the 2010s. Nearly every world-building element felt like a detail I had already seen before, to the point where I wouldn't be surprised to have found this on AO3. I don't want to outright say that this is a negative quality because I do think that it absolutely worked for this story, but it made for a very distracting read even as I sped through it. 

Overall, I'm not sure if I will personally continue with the series, but this is absolutely the kind of book that has a very particular audience who I hope is able to find it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Ableism, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcoholism and Bullying

Sexual assault is threatened, but the description in that threat is repeatedly vivid so the SA tag is necessary. The adult/minor relationship is a bit of a grey area, but when Ox and Joe enter a romantic relationship, Joe is still only 17.

bialves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty