Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

143 reviews

blizzardwolf1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

marsspider42's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is well written thriller with a side platter of climate activism. I don’t usually read mysteries, but Charlotte McConaghy’s beautiful prose and skillful manipulation of flashbacks, first person perspective and the reader’s assumptions makes for a fantastic book. I really enjoyed this book, and I think McConaghy is an author I would seek out again just to be enveloped so wholely into a story once more.

I would recommend this to anyone interested in nature, character studies, and mystery. Definitely check the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Stalking, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

mel_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Sexism, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

eicart_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Mind the content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Pregnancy

lauramcc7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Suicide, Pregnancy, Blood, Vomit, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Infidelity, Grief, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, and Death of parent

_annika__'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Medical content, Infidelity, Violence, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

taliaalongi's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Rape

relativelyreading's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Violence, and Blood

fluffernutterfriday's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious 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

3.5

I lapped this book up like a wolf drinking from a stream. I'm a sucker for alive writing right now, and this writing is alive. The story moved quickly, and I read the book in functionally two sittings. I had to stop in the middle for our book club meeting, and it drove me nuts that I had to wait. The suspense hooked me in so tightly that I spent an hour and a half before work reading the next day, to the point that I didn't exercise or eat breakfast or shower. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, and Cursing

rosierosereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy