236 reviews for:

Wolfish: The Stories We Tell about Fear, Ferocity and Freedom

Erica Berry

3.73 AVERAGE

kurenzhi's review against another edition

3.0

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A clever, thorough book with memorable analysis. I do with the author would rely less on other works to articulate insight--it makes sense to defer to experts for research and claims, but so many of the quotations are not recitation of fact, but instead leaning on the intellectual and emotional insight of other essayists and poets, which creates a ceiling for how original this book can be. 

youshouldreadthisif's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

aly's review against another edition

5.0

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lilym21's review against another edition

3.5

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agyrophobia's review against another edition

3.25

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king_taliesin's review against another edition

4.5

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One-part memoir, one-part literary discussion, one-part history lesson, and two-parts fairytale

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and all the wolves contained within - highly recommended!! It masterfully weaves between a dozen different streams of thought as nimbly as a predator stalking its next meal

megwaslike's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Slow and boring

ricegod's review against another edition

4.25

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marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

5.0

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Erica Berry’s beautiful book, Wolfish, is largely about society’s use of the wolf as a metaphor for something to be feared.  The lone wolf, the Big Bad Wolf, the wolf in sheep’s clothing—these images are detrimental to the animals who rarely harm humans or their livelihood, and they shift blame from those who often do: namely, men.  Berry recounts many of her own experiences with anxiety and fear, especially as a woman alone, with thoughtful examination of warranted fear vs. reactionary assumptions.  Her nuanced accounts are woven amongst cautionary tales and other wolfish folklore—the wandering path of the revered gray wolf, OR-7, a running stitch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcohol, Colonisation

every100pages's review against another edition

5.0

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This has so many things I love about non fiction all wrapped in one book.
Truly.
Well done.