A review by nataliecoyne
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Incredible, heart-wrenching story. The fact that it took me 6 reading sessions to go through it is not really something I would've fully chosen. Things kept coming up that I had to attend to, but I truly did not want to put this down. There were a couple of points where some of the incestuous feelings implications were a bit uncomfortable, which is what's leading to the 4.75 star rating (instead of a 5 star rating). But honestly it wasn't too bad and this was still a nearly perfect book and one that I'd recommend to others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Deportation