Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

16 reviews

clemireads's review against another edition

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

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I expected more, and I find myself thinking about this book even after finishing it, in the wrongest ways...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Murder

kiwialexa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Grief

lauramcc7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Suicide, Pregnancy, Blood, Vomit, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Infidelity, Grief, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, and Death of parent

fluffernutterfriday's review

dark emotional informative mysterious 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

3.5

I lapped this book up like a wolf drinking from a stream. I'm a sucker for alive writing right now, and this writing is alive. The story moved quickly, and I read the book in functionally two sittings. I had to stop in the middle for our book club meeting, and it drove me nuts that I had to wait. The suspense hooked me in so tightly that I spent an hour and a half before work reading the next day, to the point that I didn't exercise or eat breakfast or shower. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, and Cursing

noveltay's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The literal ONLY reason this isn’t getting 5 stars, is because I think the vocabulary of Scottish people was not used correctly. Lots of research into wolves, climate change, etc just to have slang from locals botched up.

That being said, the rest of this book was phenomenal. I read Migrations by this author first, and both live up to the “hype”. I like how she uses flashbacks in her stories to keep a mystery.

I caught on to the twist early on, but it has nothing to do with the writing. I think the writing actually had me second guessing my thoughts on multiple occasions.

If you are planning on reading this, check content warnings prior!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual content, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Body horror

archaicrobin's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Inti loves her wolves and her sister and not much else until she begins a project in the Scottish Highlands to re-forest the area by introducing wolves. Two stories are going at once as Inti alternates between the present time, dealing with angry locals and the past about her sister’s abusive husband and the terror he caused them both. 

This was beautifully written and powerful. I loved this one, even when I had to put it down because it can be a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

taliastorm's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Mental illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Vomit, Animal death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Minor: Infidelity and Infertility

kitty03's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

lacunaboo's review

mysterious 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

4.75

"I think he must be a good man. But nobody is only one thing."

Inti and her team have released wolves back into Scotland in an attempt to rewild it and mitigate some of the damages that go hand in hand with climate change. The locals are not pleased. 

Eventually we are treated to a murder mystery in an isolated rural area, where everyone knows each other's secrets and outsiders may not be much more welcome than the new predators threatening the livestock. In the midst of all this are Inti and her twin sister, their own history and the damages it wrought, and the wild that can still be found inside some people as well as in the forest. 

Very emotional at times, with a romance that was pretty flat, but an engaging story and some intriguing characters. And wolves, which is always a bonus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide