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Wolfsong by TJ Klune

10 reviews

evreardon's review against another edition

emotional tense 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? Yes

3.25

I’m so conflicted with this one. I wanted to fall head over heels for this series because I love Klune’s other fantasy novels. But parts of it didn’t sit right with me (namely the age difference & possessiveness). 

I loved the found family & the pack. I loved the setting & a lot of the characters. I loved Klune’s take on werewolves. 

I found some of it repetitive and I understand the function of repeating memories/stories/thoughts, but because I read it in a shorter time span- it grated. I wanted more depth or newer information? I’m not sure. But again, I understand that repetition is part of life and it made it feel more real but it didn’t jive with me here. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

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

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

bialves's review

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

joshoonet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

• MY HEART
• TJ Klune you have done it again
• The next volume only comes out in August (at least in the edition that fits the one i have now) and i am in pain
• I only read Cerulean Sea and Whispering Door before this, and... this is darker. And SMUTTIER. Also people say fuck. I like it!
• Klune is one of my favourite authors because he always includes healthy, but realistic! communication, especially between men. It's just so damn refreshing.
• Also a bunch of queer characters! Incredible! I have yet to find a trans character though, maybe in his next book? 
• His book have been the only one to make me genuinely emotional in a long time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Murder, and Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Ableism, Domestic Abuse, Alcohol:

the protagonist's father is kind of a piece of shit, but he leaves pretty early on in the book. Nothing too graphic here.

Adult/Minor Relationship:

the protagonist falls for his friend, who he's known since that friend was ten years old. This only happens when the friend is 17 and the protagonist is 23 years old; nothing graphic happens between them at this point.

Sexual Content:

around page 442 there's a pretty damn smutty sex scene between the male main characters, apart from that only a mention here and there.

Death of Parent, Grief:

the protagonist's mother dies by violence, and his father "in all but blood" as well. Grief is a major theme of the book. The protagonist's biological father dies as well, but there isn't really any grief tied to it.

Abandonment:

a major theme in this book. The protagonist's father left pretty early on, and later his friend and partner leaves for an undetermined time as well; this is devastating for the protagonist.

All the bloody stuff: this book centers around werewolves, so there's a bunch of defending the territory and so on, also...

one of the main characters was kidnapped and tortured as a child, which is mentioned quite a lot.

booksbutmakeitgay's review

5.0

one of the easiest five stars i’ve ever given. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Death, and Murder

otbval's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Rape

Minor: Alcohol

maruu_t's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture

foreverinastory's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

This was fantastic and now I hurt.

Rep: Bisexual male MC, MC's father is an alcoholic, achillean (gay coded) love interest with PTSD, asexual male side character, gay/achillean male side characters, Latine/x male side character

CWs: Graphic: Abandonment, alcohol consumption, blood, death, death of parents, grief, gun violence, injury/injury detail, mental illness (anxiety), murder, sexual content (one scene very graphic, several instances of sexual innuendo), violence, vomit. Moderate: body horror, child abuse/torture, kidnapping, alcoholism, emotional abuse (parents/child), suicidal thoughts. Minor: animal death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death

kharlan3's review

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

4.25

(m/m, werewolves, romance). I don't understand the hold these books have on me, but I cannot escape it. 399 pages in 28 hours in which I also like..worked. But these books seriously LIVE in my brain. IDK if it's good, but I know I like it. I think part of it is that I like immersive books and this world feels very lived in to me. Part of it is definitely being, mostly, a bubble of one during a global pandemic and the intense, extended platonic chosen family physicality that these books have. I read Wolfsong this time with my eyes, but last time I listened to Kirt Graves read it to me, and hearing the voice he gave to the books in my head this time definitely also contributed. The book isn't perfect- Klune uses "glassy" for pain and Ox's dad's "get shit" speech a bit too repetitively, and I still can't decide how I feel about the age gap. & the white Bennetts having "territory" that "belongs" to them for so many generations feels icky. But the found family, the pack (especially Rico and Jessie and Elizabeth), the cuddle piles, the nature, the lack of "all I want is to be a werewolf", and the setup for what I know is coming.... I really like this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Rape