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Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

17 reviews

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

The audiobook read by Saskia Maarleveld is outstanding! I usually space out during audiobooks but I was engaged the entire time and the narration added an new level of emotion to the story. This was sometimes a hard book to get through, and listening to the last 20% of it in the car made me forget to take my freeway exit. Definitely check content warnings before heading into this, it was more detailed than I realized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Blood, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Violence, Rape, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

Domestic abuse is a central theme of this book. On screen events happen in flashbacks but they are quite detailed.

kateph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual harassment, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

daisylady's review against another edition

dark

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Animal death, and Pregnancy

hmknerr's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

catherineofalx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Just like Migrations, this book devastated me and I loved every minute of being in its world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, and Blood

Minor: Abortion

alimoo511's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

This is such a deep book. None of these characters are likable and the only man I love in this book is a wolf and he is dead so. 

I highly recommend this book though it has an amazing balance of talk between conservationism and women's struggles. 

Inti is such a complex character and her deep love of nature and Wolves is so relatable, but is so beautifully contrasted with the love she has for her sister and her resentment towards society and men. 

Because of her character she is forced to be so empathetic and yet she wants to be anything but. She wishes she could do all these things, but for better or for worse she can't. Her heart belonging to the forest in connection to her neurodivergency is also SO GOOD. 

Honestly Read this now if you haven't it is remarkable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

avac_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This book was maybe the most gut-wretching book I’ve ever read. Inti’s love for the wolves and her sister feels so personally and raw it takes your breath away. All of the characters are incredibly multidimensional and feel so real. The ending was somehow so unexpected yet entirely made sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy