Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

190 reviews

lynssss's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Dialogue was best part of the story, flawed main character, but felt maybe her growth wasn't gotten realistically. But felt sympathy for the characters and they felt like real people even if the plot didn't. I would cautiously recommend it, but certainly not to everyone...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Grief

randeerebecca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Dementia, and Murder

e11en's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia and Death of parent

Minor: Death of parent

a_w_m's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Luontokato on aiheena todella kiinnostava kaunokirjallisuudessa. Rakastin Viimeistä muuttolintua eikä tämä kirja peloistani huolimatta pettänyt. Itselläni ei koskaan ole ollut varsinaista "susivaihdetta", mutta kirjan kuvaukset villiinnyttämisestä, metsästä ja susista olivat upeita.

Henkilöhahmot olivat samaan aikaan rasittavia ja rakastettavia. Välillä jotkut tuntuivat vähän turhan liioitelluilta tai muutoin epäuskottavilta, mutta sitten muistin, että kirjassa on epäluotettava kertoja. Kirja oli oikeasti kiintoisa ja ihan erilainen kuin monet lukemani kirjat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Abortion

cjdawn236's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I'm so glad this was a book club selection, because I am going to need to discuss this book with someone. This story was extremely well-written and compelling. It was also a little dark, and mysterious. I was hooked from the start and could not put it down. The language was extremely visceral - main character's condition (which is fascinating, and I was surprised to learn, a real thing) led to many sensory descriptions that made for a very visceral and physical tone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Violence

dragonswoodfairy87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

chicagobooknerd's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

The writing and initial, overarching plot about nature and wolves is a 5 star. The writer deserves praise for her mission to educate others about , animals, and human beings  living harmoniously with them. She’s done an excellent job researching wolves and making them compelling. Where the book loses stars are the various subplots,  one of which I found unnecessary and distracting, the other which I found too dark to an already dark book. These sub-plots actually made the last 1/4 of book harder to read, as it made the main character also slightly irritating. An interesting book though nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death

caylacolclasure's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Stalking

bribellej's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence