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A review by ghislaine
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
3.0
This book had some great moments, some compelling characters and some rich discussions of genuinely interesting ideas. Some being the operative word. This book was also very often clunky, the prose often overwritten, and the characterization often lacking in nuance. The book didn't just sooonfeed the reader it grabbed a handful of it's ideas before shoving them into the readers faces. And I agreed with most of it's ideas!
I think a lot of my issues with the book would have been solved by a switch from first to third person -- maybe the book would be less didactic unfiltered through the perspective of an incredibly didactic main character. The prose style was not for me but in audiobook form I spend through this book. I can't deny the pace was fast and the stakes were high and very real.
I think a lot of my issues with the book would have been solved by a switch from first to third person -- maybe the book would be less didactic unfiltered through the perspective of an incredibly didactic main character. The prose style was not for me but in audiobook form I spend through this book. I can't deny the pace was fast and the stakes were high and very real.