Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

30 reviews

carolinefran's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Gore, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Abortion, Dementia, Drug use, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Misogyny, Police brutality, Stalking, and Vomit

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity

meritm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

i hate people that drink when they're pregnant, but don't want an abortion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Animal death

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, and Pregnancy

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexism, Infertility, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse

fanchera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

Um. Not sure how to review this since it is way outside my usual preferred genres, so I can’t really comment on the plot twists or mystery aspect because everything is a surprise to me always. However, the setting of the story, the prose and the characters were all extremely compelling. This book is darkly atmospheric and has a focus on rewilding and conservation that I enjoyed. I liked how I couldn’t trust anyone in this book and that every character was morally gray, like most people in real life. I was very interested in finding out not only what happened to the humans in this book but also the wolves the MC is working to reintroduce to Scotland.

McConaghy is efficient with her words, building tension and unease through two concurrent narratives and a flashback. This is a short book but not a super fast read. There is trauma galore here, please check the CW (in the comments) - beyond the deaths, there are graphic domestic abuse and r a p e on page.

👍🏻Recommended? Again, mysteries are not my usual genre so I’m not sure how strong that aspect of the story was but the prose and conservation and feminist topics in this book make it worth checking out if you are in the mood for something dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Stalking, and Alcohol

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

quinntessentialbird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

leahrosiee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Grief, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Gore, and Sexual content

Minor: Stalking

booksandteatime's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Dementia