Reviews

Immortal Lycanthropes by Hal Johnson

kaelilcook's review

3.0

I am honestly not sure what I even just read but I think it was good. Not sure on that point either. Overall an intriguing book but very convoluted with no obvious story arc. It felt a little bit like a dream where ideas and scenes are just barely tied together combined with a distracted child's ability to tell a story. You get to the end and you have no idea how you got there and are left wondering what the point even was.

minotaursmaze's review

3.0

Odd and a little bit pointless, I think I kept reading just because of the first paragraph.

allysw's review

4.0

So here's something I didn't expect this book to be: hysterically funny. Myron is a horribly disfigured teenager whose life is turned upside down by the sudden knowledge that he's an immortal lycanthrope--a were-mammal who can turn back and forth from human. Except that Myron has no memories before his horrible accident five years ago. He doesn't think he's really terribly immortal, and he certainly doesn't know what animal he is. This is the story of his journey across the US, meeting various creatures and shady secret societies. The story is quite engaging, but the dry wit of the narrator is really what makes this one. Snarky teens will love it.

middlekmissie's review

3.0

In Which I Am Confused:

http://thebookfix.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/werewolf/

booksandbosox's review

2.0

http://librarianosnark.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-immortal-lycanthropes.html

tomasthanes's review

2.0

The title of this book is a bit misleading. As far as I remember, there wasn't a single lycanthrope in the story. Nor were there (gratefully) any sparkling vampires. There were more than enough therianthropes ("humans able to metamorphose into animals through shapeshifting"). So, certain animals, one per species, can turn into a "human", however, their nature is more animal-like than man-like. None of the therianthropes in the book were trustworthy; humans are bad enough; these were worse. In fact, many were therianthropicides (I'll let the story make this clear). The number of secret societies, for some reason, reminded me of the National Treasure movies (I'm not sure why). The story made good use of riddles for a short time. My favorite character was Mignon Emanuel because I can't pronounce her first name, then Myron unlocked the door and she became less favorite. We never did find out the significance of the planet "Proserpine". The end of the story was a big let down (especially for the Marcus Lynch and his henchtherianthropes).