Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

291 reviews

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I love this author. Her stories are so touching and connects to what it means to be human so intimately. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Animal death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape

amginther's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book lets you experience nature in a way one would never thing possible. The story is beautifully woven in trials and tribulations with unexpected twists and turns. I love every part of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

abi_g_mac's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

lilyunterreiner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Animal death

northernfleabag's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Grief, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

hanz's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

jaedee09's review

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

5.0

What a beautiful, tense, emotional story. This book made me feel so many things - anger, love, sadness...strength. At first I wasn't sure about the flashbacks, but quickly came to appreciate how poetic the story was written.

That birth scene was incredibly powerful!

Such a poingant way to blend a story of conservation, family ties, murder, and love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Animal death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

charliewhitear's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Mental illness, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, and Rape

tamtamslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

A story about wildness—about all the definitions of it from humans to animals to nature. The author does a fantastic job of creating a setting, from sentence structure to character building to sensory details. It is emotional—you’ll feel sad, enraged, confused, and sad again, but there is a rightness set by the end. 

****Check the trigger warnings before reading****

I’ll put my favorite quote, that gave me chills reading, below. I think it really encompasses the entirety of the novel’s message.

Favorite quote:
“Do you think it can ever be?” he asks me softly. “Bred out of a creature?”
“The wild?” . . . “It happened to us, I think,” I murmur. “Most days I think we couldn’t be farther from it, that it was slowly bred from us until we became more like machines than animals.”
“And the other days?” he asks.
“On the other days,” I say slowly, “I think I will go mad with the wildness.” (Page 131)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

Chapter 26 is the graphic scene (assault). It can be skipped, in my opinion, and it won’t rob the novel from its purpose or intent.

ankellogg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Trigger warnings galore!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence