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Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

40 reviews

skylacine's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Quite intense!

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-once-there-were-wolves-by.html

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Abortion

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

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse

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: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

avgastright's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

 Holy effing shit.

Someone needs to make this a movie so I can experience it again... but at the same time, no filmmaker could ever hope to be able to recreate the beauty of McConaghy's prose in a different form.

Damn, damn, damn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Vomit

Moderate: Gore and Rape

torturedreadersdept's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

pollyhall's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.0

I liked that the main female characters were strong and could take care of themselves. The descriptions of the wolves and the Scottish Highlands were well done. It felt like I was actually observing them.
I could not suspend my disbelief when it came to the Chief of Police because of how he was described.
With all mysteries, you know that there is a twist coming but this one was a total surprise. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

neb03's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

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

_inge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 stars. This read like a Gothic novel, there was a dark, tense atmosphere throughout. The characters were morally grey in a believable way and the decor was set really well. I actually liked how it showed women who lived with traumas and how that changed their perspective of men as a whole, it was interesting to see the other side to that for a change. I liked the conversations about rewilding projects too. So overall this was an enjoyable read. It simply didn’t blow me away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

massivepizzacrust's review

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

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.