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yulannu's review
4.0
The characters felt like extensions of one person - Telulla - a woman with the inner dimensions of a man. Despite this aberration, the book is a gory délicatesse for the mind and I applaud Glen Duncan for his daring.
flosmith's review
5.0
Loved this! as much as the one before it, [b:The Last Werewolf|9532302|The Last Werewolf|Glen Duncan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1287572224s/9532302.jpg|14418429]. Talulla Rising doesn't pick up immediately where The Last Werewolf left off. Talulla is almost 8 months pregnant and is starting to have trouble with the pregnancy as well as full moon coming. In the throws of labor she is found by the vampires seeking her blood for the Helios project.
Told in Talulla's point of view, the story sweeps you in and flows like water. Talulla is a strong female character that knows how to take charge and be assertive and fight for her children. Still mourning the loss of Jake, she refuses to give up on life even tho she can't let go of him. There are other strong female characters, some we were intrduced to in The Last Werewolf, like Madeline and Mia. We also are introduced to new characters, some we don't expect to see, who change Talulla's life and the way she sees others.
I love how it shows life as not black and white. Not all the monsters out there have fangs. Humans have such a potential for death and pain, escpecially for those that are different from us or things we don't fully understand. Murdoch and WOCOP is a perfect example of this.
There is so much going on in this book that it keeps you on the edge of your seat til the end. There are constant twists and turns and things you don't see coming. Its also full of sex and violence and the wulf psychology revolves around this. The wulf libido wanes and waxes with the moon and is in full force when they are turned during full moon. If you are easily offended by sex and violence don't read this series. The kills themselves are full of detail and you can see how they relish their meals. Full of blood and gore and sex this is an awesome adult themed horror story.
Overall, I loved this one. Anyone that enjoyed The Last Werewolf should continue the story with Talulla Rising and I would recommend reading The Last Werewolf first. I hated to see the book end. I wanted more and hope there is another book down the line. This is definitely an over 18 book as there is not only violence but alot of sex, but the book is so much more than the sum of its parts. All of it flowed together making each part necessary to complete the picture.
Told in Talulla's point of view, the story sweeps you in and flows like water. Talulla is a strong female character that knows how to take charge and be assertive and fight for her children. Still mourning the loss of Jake, she refuses to give up on life even tho she can't let go of him. There are other strong female characters, some we were intrduced to in The Last Werewolf, like Madeline and Mia. We also are introduced to new characters, some we don't expect to see, who change Talulla's life and the way she sees others.
I love how it shows life as not black and white. Not all the monsters out there have fangs. Humans have such a potential for death and pain, escpecially for those that are different from us or things we don't fully understand. Murdoch and WOCOP is a perfect example of this.
There is so much going on in this book that it keeps you on the edge of your seat til the end. There are constant twists and turns and things you don't see coming. Its also full of sex and violence and the wulf psychology revolves around this. The wulf libido wanes and waxes with the moon and is in full force when they are turned during full moon. If you are easily offended by sex and violence don't read this series. The kills themselves are full of detail and you can see how they relish their meals. Full of blood and gore and sex this is an awesome adult themed horror story.
Overall, I loved this one. Anyone that enjoyed The Last Werewolf should continue the story with Talulla Rising and I would recommend reading The Last Werewolf first. I hated to see the book end. I wanted more and hope there is another book down the line. This is definitely an over 18 book as there is not only violence but alot of sex, but the book is so much more than the sum of its parts. All of it flowed together making each part necessary to complete the picture.
patroklo's review against another edition
4.0
Mislio sam da ću poslednjih stotinak strana ostaviti za sutra ali đavo mi nije dao mira i morao sam završiti knjigu večeras.
Koliko god je Glen Dankan bio odličan narator u prvom delu, pišući u prvom licu ispovest poslednjeg vukodlaka, mužjaka, toliko je njegova transformacija u vukodlaka, ženku bila još bolja. U "Talulinom čoporu", Dankan nam je opet pružio jednu sirovu, prljavu, neuvijenu ali ovoga puta mnogo emotivniju priču u kojoj opet nije štedeo nikoga. Svako poglavlje/stranica bukvalno puca od adrenalina ne libeći se da na površinu izbaci i ono najintimnije o čemu mnogi ne žele da pričaju.
Zaista sjajno ispričana priča i jedva čekam sledeći nastavak koji će (nadam se uspešno) zaokružiti ovu triologiju.
Koliko god je Glen Dankan bio odličan narator u prvom delu, pišući u prvom licu ispovest poslednjeg vukodlaka, mužjaka, toliko je njegova transformacija u vukodlaka, ženku bila još bolja. U "Talulinom čoporu", Dankan nam je opet pružio jednu sirovu, prljavu, neuvijenu ali ovoga puta mnogo emotivniju priču u kojoj opet nije štedeo nikoga. Svako poglavlje/stranica bukvalno puca od adrenalina ne libeći se da na površinu izbaci i ono najintimnije o čemu mnogi ne žele da pričaju.
Zaista sjajno ispričana priča i jedva čekam sledeći nastavak koji će (nadam se uspešno) zaokružiti ovu triologiju.
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Drug use, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, and Confinement
Moderate: Vomit, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Excrement and Lesbophobia
prairieraven's review
4.0
Dirty, descriptive, full of twists and turns, beautifully raunchy in places and thoroughly enjoyable. I could barely put this one down. My favourite of the two books & am now insanely curious to read more of Duncan's work. Borrowed this set from the library & want to add it to my own collection. Brings out our own wulf with its insatiable appetite.
adelaidemetzger_robotprophet's review
4.0
MUCH better than the first book. So much so I felt that this sequel deserved more advertising and its own soundtrack than its predecessor did, but the first book needed exposure or I wouldn’t have known about the trilogy in the first place.
I think what made this one more interesting is the main character herself. Tallula isn’t only a woman who is emotionally driven by a new maternal instinct, she’s a “brand new” werewolf that still has close ties to her human side. I have to agree with some other reviewers that Glen Duncan’s pessimistic and ironic narrative gets a little annoying after a while, although I understand that this is his writing language as well as the tone for this trilogy. Even though this pinched a nerve every once in a while, Tallula’s character did change up the flavor compared to the first book because of what I previously pointed out. She’s more emotional than Jake was and she finds herself becoming sentimental about the things that she says and does—unlike Jake who didn’t give a s----. This made the book more enjoyable and thickened the plot as there was so much more at risk.
One thing I found that kind of dampened my view on Tallula was that her point of view on life—and her life in general—revolved around her being sexually interested since she was a young girl. It’s weird to think that Duncan’s characters all have sex related to their past and that’s what shapes them. I get that their libido is a byproduct of becoming werewolves but to have them already obsessed with it before the Curse kind of makes them addicts. I found this detail repetitive and annoying and I won’t be surprised if it’s a harboring trait in part three. Duncan could have been creative and spiced it up to have Jake’s personality influenced by something else (violence for example) while Tallula could still have sexual interest as part of her personality or vice versa.
Despite that, I am still interested in continuing to the third book because, hey, it’s the vampire’s turn.
I think what made this one more interesting is the main character herself. Tallula isn’t only a woman who is emotionally driven by a new maternal instinct, she’s a “brand new” werewolf that still has close ties to her human side. I have to agree with some other reviewers that Glen Duncan’s pessimistic and ironic narrative gets a little annoying after a while, although I understand that this is his writing language as well as the tone for this trilogy. Even though this pinched a nerve every once in a while, Tallula’s character did change up the flavor compared to the first book because of what I previously pointed out. She’s more emotional than Jake was and she finds herself becoming sentimental about the things that she says and does—unlike Jake who didn’t give a s----. This made the book more enjoyable and thickened the plot as there was so much more at risk.
One thing I found that kind of dampened my view on Tallula was that her point of view on life—and her life in general—revolved around her being sexually interested since she was a young girl. It’s weird to think that Duncan’s characters all have sex related to their past and that’s what shapes them. I get that their libido is a byproduct of becoming werewolves but to have them already obsessed with it before the Curse kind of makes them addicts. I found this detail repetitive and annoying and I won’t be surprised if it’s a harboring trait in part three. Duncan could have been creative and spiced it up to have Jake’s personality influenced by something else (violence for example) while Tallula could still have sexual interest as part of her personality or vice versa.
Despite that, I am still interested in continuing to the third book because, hey, it’s the vampire’s turn.
djrmelvin's review
3.0
The idea of a monster as a mother is interesting, and for the first third of this book, Duncan turned that idea every which way. Unfortunately that left two thirds of the book with an exhausted theme. The carry over from the first werewolf book, Vampires looking to the "wulf" for a remedy to light sensitivity gets more convoluted and slightly more interesting. I'm not sure there was entirely enough new story for this book, but if you enjoyed The Last Werewolf, you'll like this well enough. By no means should you read this book first.
lirael's review
3.0
Smart, sophisticated, sassy. Gruesome at times. Dark, so dark. Felt detached by intrigued enough and even faintly charmed. Like Marco!