Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

6 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

thenageler's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 I think. Not quite what I expected. But found it gripping and fascinating and realistic. I am a fan of the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pedophilia

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Pedophilia, Medical content, Child death, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

mayaccountant's review

the

baby's death was underwhelming

and the POV shifts were too much for me. I didn't need closure because I didn't feel invested in the main character.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

emilyinherhead's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

Linda is a solitary young woman who lives in a cabin in the woods of Minnesota with her parents. She doesn't seem to fit in well at school, and she's mainly left to her own devices at home. Over the course of a summer, she gets to know a couple that is vacationing in a cabin across the lake from Linda's, babysitting for their young son Paul and spending lots of unstructured time at their place. I don't want to give any spoilers, but there's some weird, slightly cultish Christian Science stuff going on and all of the desolate wintery vibes.

This was the perfect book to pick up in early January—I wanted winter atmosphere and History of Wolves delivered. The language is beautiful and the mood is isolated and bleak. I loved the way the story starts at the end and then jumps back in time to slowly fill in the missing pieces, so that by the end you can return to the first chapter and better understand what's going on. If you're a melancholy soul like me and you want to just fully embrace the cold season, pick this one up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse