Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

96 reviews

sam_h's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Mental illness, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

sopherdopher's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

ashleyxx8's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Rape

maddie_oz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This just might be my favourite book of the year! It was so tense, I loved the characters, plot turns, atmosphere everything! It was so well-plotted and the writing was also stunning. So many beautiful quotes! I think my favourite was

after the birth: "I am halved and doubled at once" and the scene where the wolves gathered around and warmed Inti. Magical!

. There are so many layers that I think I will need to process and it is difficult to have words for something I loved so much. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Animal death, and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder

alissajsage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Torture

lolamosk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

_inge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 stars. This read like a Gothic novel, there was a dark, tense atmosphere throughout. The characters were morally grey in a believable way and the decor was set really well. I actually liked how it showed women who lived with traumas and how that changed their perspective of men as a whole, it was interesting to see the other side to that for a change. I liked the conversations about rewilding projects too. So overall this was an enjoyable read. It simply didn’t blow me away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Rape, Gore, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

piscero's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

sophiaaar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual violence