Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Wolfsong by Alice Arcoleo, TJ Klune

60 reviews

viivacious's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 This was a very sweet book. I was not expecting that, so I was pleasantly surprised. The characters in the pack were all lovable. I was nervous about the age difference in the romance but it was very well handled. And so very cute and funny. I liked seeing the characters at different ages and how they grew, though I wish that the lighearteness of their younger days could have made a comeback toward the end. I liked the way repetition was used in the writing, the way grammar broke down when in wolf form, the humor, and that Ox was able to find better father figures and a whole family. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

ravenk28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

This book has me searching for words to describe how amazing it was. I was consumed by this book from the very beginning. From the way Ox was introduced to the way he worked through his hardships. I fell in love with every single character and felt every emotion portrayed by the TJ Klune, he truly is a wonderful story teller.  

I felt such a personal connection to Ox, to his struggles and his way of protecting his pack. Him and Joe were so meant to be in every way possible

This was an all round phenomenal book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Gore

raichou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-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

4.0

I've had this in my audible library for ages. At some point even listend to it halfway through, but I had no memories of it. 
Now after reading one of Klune's recent works I wanted to give this another shot and I don't regret it. 

It was an entertaining story with a different take on the a/b/o trope and the roles of wolfs. 
The main characters Ox and Joe were such sweethearts you fall in love with them. 

The only thing that I couldn't get out of my head, was every time it said something like "Ox growled" or "singing with his pack" was the video of that guy saying "on every level except physical I am a wolf". That ruined it a bit for me and I couldn't take it seriously. 

But all in all it was good story, just try not to think of that video while reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Physical abuse

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Reading vlog: 

Where do I begin? I give this all the stars!

My heart soared. My heart raced. My heart plummeted. My heart broke. My heart healed, all in a continuous circuit.

I loved this story so much.
Ox and Joe were so beautiful to read about. I was uncomfortable about this all beginning at such a young age, but nothing inappropriate happened when it shouldn't have.

The connections between the characters were so beautifully written and I don't even know how to explain it... it was all candy canes and pinecones. Epic and awesome! 

A 5 out of 5 stars 100%!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

joygarcialim's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

This book was bad bad bad and crap crap crap. The best part of it was before I started reading it.

The book was so disjointed in so many parts that I didn’t know what happened between one part of the writing and other parts. There was basically no flow. Ox and Joe are walking red flags, even outside of their inappropriate relationship, they are immature, whiney and possessive. The dialogues between characters were so similar that they all seemed to have the same personality- one-dimensional. The book came across as it was written by a 12 year old with a Twilight obsession, with no understanding of character-building or world-building. Maybe except for the sex scenes, I would have been completely convinced this was written by a kid. The writing was that juvenile. I don’t understand why every time Ox has an emotion, he has to write out a soliloquy about them. I’m not talking artistic, literary soliloquies- they were very whiney and he thinks he’s suffered the most or something. And it’s repeatedly used. By other characters too. There was a lot of repetitiveness. It was a long book not because a lot happened, but because there was a lot of repetition and Klune used a new line for every sentence he wrote in some parts.

The sex scenes were probably the best part of the writing tbh. They were incredibly detailed and less whiney than the other parts- all 15+ pages of it. It wasn’t great, I got second-hand embarrassment from it. It didn’t need to be that long.

TJ Klune, if this book is a reflection of your reality, please get professional help from a therapist and a psychiatrist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Abandonment

maxinesf's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

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

opheliafrey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse

bel017's review against another edition

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, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Gaslighting

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, and Gaslighting