Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

206 reviews

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

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

dragonswoodfairy87's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

caylacolclasure's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Stalking

nolawords's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Okay, this book has me gushing. McConaghy has a knack for creating a gorgeous world of dichotomy - gentle but violent, beautiful but dark, quiet but complex. I love her themes of naturalism and conservation. I felt plunged into the same world of Migrations, yet I enjoyed this one more due to the suspense building of the story. This checked so many boxes for what I love in a book. I would recommend noting the trigger warnings for this one, as there are lie some intense themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

chelle22's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative mysterious

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

clivestaples's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, and Grief

cooknick's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

hanz's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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