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A review by danajoy
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
This book is brutal. Set in the cold and hostile Scottish Highlands, Inti is a head Wolf biologist reintroducing wolves to the wild.
I went into this in a calm mental state, capable of handling what it includes but it definitely worth looking at triggers. The protagonist has mirror-touch synesthesia and feels the sensations she witnesses others experience, this makes any violence particularly confronting.
There is a lot of violence. There are animal deaths/injuries, desecration of an animal corpse, and beyond that, domestic violence is a major theme.
I appreciated the atmosphere. Inti was an interesting, intense, character. She made a lot of decisions that I never would.
I went into this in a calm mental state, capable of handling what it includes but it definitely worth looking at triggers. The protagonist has mirror-touch synesthesia and feels the sensations she witnesses others experience, this makes any violence particularly confronting.
There is a lot of violence. There are animal deaths/injuries, desecration of an animal corpse, and beyond that, domestic violence is a major theme.
I appreciated the atmosphere. Inti was an interesting, intense, character. She made a lot of decisions that I never would.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, and Death of parent