Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

480 reviews

shavanners's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy

randeerebecca's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Dementia, and Murder

nat008's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Once there were wolves had me gripped, there was tension throughout the whole book and the mystery was well done in my opinion. I loved learning how wolves help the climate and are a vital factor for reforestation. However, at some points I had the feeling there were too many different themes, too much crammed in this book. Sometimes the conversations between characters didn't feel very realistic to me, too. Plus, the ending felt a bit weird to me

; how can you continue living with you sister who killed one person, and tried to kill the father of your child??? Aggie then leaving with the horse also kind of felt like an easy way out

. Still, I enjoyed this book and would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

a_w_m's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Luontokato on aiheena todella kiinnostava kaunokirjallisuudessa. Rakastin Viimeistä muuttolintua eikä tämä kirja peloistani huolimatta pettänyt. Itselläni ei koskaan ole ollut varsinaista "susivaihdetta", mutta kirjan kuvaukset villiinnyttämisestä, metsästä ja susista olivat upeita.

Henkilöhahmot olivat samaan aikaan rasittavia ja rakastettavia. Välillä jotkut tuntuivat vähän turhan liioitelluilta tai muutoin epäuskottavilta, mutta sitten muistin, että kirjassa on epäluotettava kertoja. Kirja oli oikeasti kiintoisa ja ihan erilainen kuin monet lukemani kirjat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Abortion

alisylvi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

kespeed's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape

yilliun's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

A really excellent short read. I could easily have seen this expanded into a much longer book, but the story was perfectly contained.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

mairereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense fast-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

A perfect combination of mystery, intrigue, cool environmental lessons, and complex characters. The Scottish setting is exquisitely described and the characters so real that I could picture them. 

I liked this even more than Migrations, which is also excellent. This one felt more realistic and more human. The major themes around trust and caregiving, and how closed/open to be with others were handled very well, and I particularly liked how the traits of wolves were included as part of this exploration. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

rebekistan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence