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Wolfsong by TJ Klune

9 reviews

im_eebee's review against another edition

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

3.25

I genuinely don’t know how to rate this book? Here’s the thing. The age gap between the two protagonists is WILD. I don’t see what the purpose is of having such a large age gap in this story. It’s off-putting and hard to ignore for 75% of this book. The other 25% of their relationship was so enjoyable. And I’m torn because if you are going to do an age gap like this, Wolfsong is the way to do it. But I still just think it was an overall poor choice. I mentally changed Ox’s age to being only a few years older than Joe because it was freaking me out too much.

Then the idea of the werewolves was also a lot. It’s very similar to a/b/o fanfics, but it’s actually written pretty well? There were some pretty hard to read moments (especially in the repetition of his father’s words) but overall this was an enjoyable read for me.

I haven’t had this much fun reading a book in a while, and that’s why I’m being so blunt here when it comes to my issues with this story. Was this book a great time? Yes. Will this be the most engaging book I will read this year? Probably. Would I ever recommend it? No. And not because of the werewolf dynamic, but because the age gap with the main pair is just not something I could see other people looking past. If the two had been three years apart that would have been fine. Freshman/Senior relationships in high school aren’t uncommon. But 6 years?! And they met when he was 10?! That’s a big ick, and honestly thinking about it too hard makes me want to rate the book lower. And I am going to put a trigger warning that this is an adult/minor relationship because bro was 23 falling in love with a 17 year old. Let’s call it what it is.

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mrshays's review

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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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khargaotte's review against another edition

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

5.0


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elkboy23's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5


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sabinehunter's review against another edition

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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


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booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

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5.0

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

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laesterlurch's review against another edition

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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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amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

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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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alixe's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.25


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