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archernaelra's review against another edition
4.0
Ive always like the writing style of Anne Rice. To me she set the standard on how vampires are and how they live. This book is the same for were-folk! Interesting biological premise.
corpseparty's review against another edition
How do u make a story about werewolves boring asf
beckels9's review against another edition
3.0
Meh i didn't really get into it until the last 100 pages
naznin4nelson's review against another edition
4.0
Wish I could've given it 3.5 stars. I gave it the 4 because I really love Anne Rice, so I erred on the side of being nice, where if I didn't know the author I'd have given it 3 stars. I was a huge fan of the vampire books and saw some similarities between them and Wolf Gift. After completing the book I feel that it's setting us up for sequels, which is fine with me, it will be interesting to see where she goes with it. I think my favorite part was the final third where you learn more of the history of the Morphenkind, and enjoyed the formation of their community be the end of the book. I would definitely read a subsequent book just to learn more about whichever character she would choose to focus on. There was something much more sexy about the vampire books that isn't quiet duplicated with the Man Wolf, but it gets a little better with the introduction of Felix.
Anyway, really enjoyed reading the book, it could've been better, but I'm hoping what it lacked she'll make up for in a series.
Anyway, really enjoyed reading the book, it could've been better, but I'm hoping what it lacked she'll make up for in a series.
gigmck's review against another edition
5.0
I cannot wait for the sequel. I love that Anne Rice is back to writing suspenseful fantasy stories. This one drew me in from page 1 and now I cannot wait until the next in the series comes out!
psyco12_2000's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0
mellomorissa's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
tiarala's review against another edition
3.0
Not my favorite of Rice's, and it had the same flaws that Prince Lestat had; a good story bogged down by details rather than enhanced by them. It started off dreadfully dull but once it picked up I was really engaged. I'm curious where the series can go now that we've seen what happens when people first get the Wolf Gift and as it develops. Now that the origin story is out of the way, I have high hopes for the rest. I'll be continuing with the series, but I can say with certainty that if I didn't listen to the audiobook I probably would've given up on this one halfway through.
sandygx260's review against another edition
1.0
Here’s a little history. I read Anne Rice when I was a teenager back in 1976. Yep, I was sixteen.
When I was twenty-five, Anne blew my mind with “The Vampire Lestat”. Hail the Brat Prince. Damn, I still think Lestat is one of the best characters ever and yes, he has influenced my writing. In fact, I raced through the novel again to prime myself for “The Wolf Gift.”
To backtrack, I thought the Mayfair Witches series was amazing. I still don’t understand how HBO hasn’t crafted a killer series from those books. “The Mummy” was also remarkable but Rice let it die. Why?
As a fan, I kept reading her books until I started wondering what the hell was going on in her universe. The books seemed more and more silly.
Then Rice made the “GOD” jump. She lost me there. I said good luck and farewell.
Then came “The Wolf Gift.” Ooo, Rice explores the supernatural realm? I bit. I read.
I read, read, read. Surely I had been duped! This couldn’t be Anne Rice. Well, wait, long rambling passages of purple prose; check; too much God stuff; check; passages in serious need of editing; check.
I lost count of how many characters “stood in the door.” Ouch. It’s never comfortable being trapped inside a door.
Okay, I’ll stop rambling. Let’s get down to basics. This book never engaged me. The characters were distant and stiff. If Rice had dropped a nuclear bomb on them, I would have shrugged and closed the book. All the characters speak in the same, stilted cadences. They all sound like boring history professors. The good guys give “soft” glances and understanding expressions. The bad guys smell like malice; two evil doctors sound like Boris and Natasha from “Rocky and Bullwinkle.” “Man Wolf and Boy Wolf must die.” Ouch.
Plus the scene between Ruben and “faux” Felix with the lawyers is pure Monty Python comedy. I started laughing.
I finished because I wondered if Rice intended to keep this series going. I smell a sequel. Have fun! I won’t follow her into her mumbo-jumbo-God-werewolf nonsense world.
I’ll end with a quote from Rice: “There was never a perfect joy in writing about Lestat: Lestat suffers too much and does too many bad things with relish.”
Really? Rice trashes her best character. Bye!
When I was twenty-five, Anne blew my mind with “The Vampire Lestat”. Hail the Brat Prince. Damn, I still think Lestat is one of the best characters ever and yes, he has influenced my writing. In fact, I raced through the novel again to prime myself for “The Wolf Gift.”
To backtrack, I thought the Mayfair Witches series was amazing. I still don’t understand how HBO hasn’t crafted a killer series from those books. “The Mummy” was also remarkable but Rice let it die. Why?
As a fan, I kept reading her books until I started wondering what the hell was going on in her universe. The books seemed more and more silly.
Then Rice made the “GOD” jump. She lost me there. I said good luck and farewell.
Then came “The Wolf Gift.” Ooo, Rice explores the supernatural realm? I bit. I read.
I read, read, read. Surely I had been duped! This couldn’t be Anne Rice. Well, wait, long rambling passages of purple prose; check; too much God stuff; check; passages in serious need of editing; check.
I lost count of how many characters “stood in the door.” Ouch. It’s never comfortable being trapped inside a door.
Okay, I’ll stop rambling. Let’s get down to basics. This book never engaged me. The characters were distant and stiff. If Rice had dropped a nuclear bomb on them, I would have shrugged and closed the book. All the characters speak in the same, stilted cadences. They all sound like boring history professors. The good guys give “soft” glances and understanding expressions. The bad guys smell like malice; two evil doctors sound like Boris and Natasha from “Rocky and Bullwinkle.” “Man Wolf and Boy Wolf must die.” Ouch.
Plus the scene between Ruben and “faux” Felix with the lawyers is pure Monty Python comedy. I started laughing.
I finished because I wondered if Rice intended to keep this series going. I smell a sequel. Have fun! I won’t follow her into her mumbo-jumbo-God-werewolf nonsense world.
I’ll end with a quote from Rice: “There was never a perfect joy in writing about Lestat: Lestat suffers too much and does too many bad things with relish.”
Really? Rice trashes her best character. Bye!