Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

96 reviews

leahrosiee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking

mikah_wazowski's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.5

I thought (and the synopsis said) that this would be a mystery novel about someone who reintroduces wolves into the Scotland Highlands and ends up trying to absolve them of murder-then in doing so discovers it’s her lover who is the prime suspect. Ok. Sure. That’s maybe 150 pages of this story though. The majority of this book is an exploration of why people do absolutely horrible things to each other-and it doesn’t even do that well. I wanted to like someone. I ended up liking one side character and the wolves and that was it. All of that is fine but then when the

pregnancy, sexual assault, and physical and emotional abuse

become the main crux of the story, I was done. The descriptions of birth, assault, and abuse are needlessly graphic, starting with the first sentence. And I understand why, I just didn’t like it and don’t think it was handled well at all. I wanted a story about wolves and I got another story about how terrible people are :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

kit_colibri's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

belreadsbooks's review

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicide, and Grief

avisreadsandreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Suicide, Dementia, and Abortion

hailey_andress's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

arcookson'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

pollyflorence's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

mondovertigo's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexism and Grief

brittanystoess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail