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Wolfsong by TJ Klune

12 reviews

booklifeisthelife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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? No

4.0

Alright so. This is probably a 4 star for me.

I really enjoyed this. I liked the slow, gradual approach to everything and that we learned about the world as he did. The friendships and family bonds happened gradually as well, just like with everything else. It felt natural. Even his relationship with Joe which was "mystical moon magic" we saw develop through the years. However, on that note, the lack of development after Ox finally sees Joe and realizes his attraction is unsatisfactory. They have what, a week, before everything happens and they are separated? Would have liked a bit more. But even that could have been fixed by after they come back together they build their relationship again? Spend time together? Yes they did spend time together and have to build a relationship again but it was mainly Ox having to let go of his anger. Which is totally justified btw. I don't like that some of the characters were calling his feelings "ridiculous". But whatever. They take time to come together again which I liked, that it wasn't an instant thing. But after? There wasn't an after. We didn't get to see their relationship after. We didn't get to see how they work as a couple, them going on a date, them doing anything besides the really short claiming scene at the end which I also didn't love since Ox didn't bite Joe? I felt like should have both bit..but meh. I would have liked a little more into the after. Onto another aspect, I didn't agree with every choice characters made but you almost never will. But for Ox, sometimes his thought process irked me. Him blaming the wolves, even a little. Not just after the death right then but even years later he still feels it a little. I didn't like that. But at the same time it shows how human he is? How imperfect he is? Ox or even Joe, neither are perfect characters without flaws. They are still great characters regardless. So I can't fault Ox for that even though it made me a little uncomfortable. Anyway. I'm happy Ox finally found somewhere he belonged. A family who accepts him fully. A place he belongs, as pack, as alpha. It still isn't fully but that'll time time and it's okay. He mostly accepts it now. The position really suits him. He earned it. And as mates. Joe will make sure Ox is the happiest person there is, same with Ox towards Joe. Joe will never let Ox think himself as less, he's the perfect person for him. So yeah, despite a few complaints I enjoyed this book.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Sexual assault

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Vomit, Murder, Cursing, Abandonment, Body horror, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

i_island's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

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

ctara2123's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, Animal death, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Rape, Torture, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Body horror

nat_kiverse's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Torture, Child abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Confinement, Vomit, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

bel017's review

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

It was way too dark for me so I skimmed and skipped through the last third or so. Should have checked the content warnings, but I was in a bricks and mortar shop and I loved *Under the Whispering Door* and *House in the Cerulean Sea* so didn't think to look it up online. I can't cope with child torture, or parent/child death, or grief. Too dark. Especially after how hard I was laughing at Joe stammering about mounting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Abandonment, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, Confinement, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

laesterlurch's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

queer fantasy romance, twilight vibes but only the werewolves, really freakin long

i think this is TJ klune best writing, his other stand alone books were cute but i felt like the characters voices blended together and didn’t feel authentic. 

this book is told from Ox’s perspective, a teen boy who isn’t particularly good at anything, raised by his single mom. he lives in a tiny town in a house in the woods and works as a mechanic before he a mysterious family moves in at the empty house at the end of the road.

similar to twilight, but gay. Ox has a lot of similarities to bella. but instead of vampires it’s werewolf’s.

problems:
-book is realllly longggg
-There’s an alpha beta omega thing going on which is not really my vibe but it never got too sexual or weird in my opinion.
-The relationship is also a minor/adult relationship ??sorta kinda? and that also makes me 🚩🚩🚩

There’s too consistant themes throughout the book that i thought was sorta random. It’s mentioned a few times that “every monster you can imagine is real” but then they only “monster” we meet is werewolves and unhinged werewolves. Perhaps the next book will have other creatures. 
Also there’s a theme about dreaming throughout the book. With Ox struggling to realize if he’s awake or asleep. Which could have been interesting but I felt that it wasn’t set up particularly well since he is never dreaming. He just says things like ‘it’s hard to tell between dreams and reality’ all the time but there’s never a dream sequence. I think it would have been more interesting if a few dream sequences were worked in to make Ix an unreliable narrator and make the reader question if it’s a dream or not.

Overall i enjoyed it, the characters were cute and the plot was drAmaTiC but it definitely is on the verge of some big issues. Also I thought it was a YA book but it is def not (lots of cursing and also sex).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders