Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

313 reviews

neni's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

keeganlee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

jjb21's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

This could have been 3 stars if things had gone a different way. The writing style was quite engaging and fluent. But it was a fairly low-key plot, til the end. Maybe I shouldn’t demand so much believability from books, but it was another that felt ungrounded in reality!

For example, the ending was just fckin crazy.

It also didn’t feel very Scottish at all, which was a shame

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Content Warnings

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

labricoleuse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.0

I loved this book until it began to strain credulity too far. I’ll probably try another book by this author in the hopes that she reins in the tendency to jump all the sharks, because the conservationist thriller is a genre hybrid I’m interested in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

clemireads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

abbasaurusrex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

Absolutely riveting. A stunning read exploring the nature of humanity and the humanity in nature. Lots of graphic violence but none of it senseless. Check trigger warnings but if you can get through it you will be richly rewarded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

bookspastbedtime's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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

4.0

This was beautifully written and I really enjoyed it. I think it would have been a full five star read had the on-page assault not been described in such detail. I feel like I could have understood the ramifications without having the full context, and that's just generally not something I'm comfortable reading about. So, I ultimately wish that had been excluded.

But, it was an excellently done story otherwise. I loved the characters, I loved the plot, I loved the lessons our main character learned (especially with Red 🥺), I loved the Scottish setting, and, most of all, I loved the WOLVES. It definitely made me cry and I really truly loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

brea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

leontyna's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

At first the book was annoyingly mysterious in my opinion but I grew to like it. I didn't expect it to get so dark, since I mostly picked it up for the rewinding plot. I was not a fan of the ending but it suits the overall message.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

caerlux's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault