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sausome's review
4.0
What an entertaining, horrifically fun read! I wasn't sure what to expect from this book about the mother of a werewolf, but it was incredibly enjoyable. Told as if the reader is the interviewer, and the werewolf's mother is being interviewed, the mother answers questions, waxes poetic about any old thing that comes to mind, and is incredibly funny in an understated, witty type of way. Though a story about a mildly horrific turn of events, namely, discovering one's son is morphing into a wild, meat-hungry, predator, the mother is really the star of the show with her wit and the story of her life as it relates to her son, her husband, and a wayward teacher colleague friend.
Highly enjoyable, I recommend this to anyone who likes a little humor in their horror.
Highly enjoyable, I recommend this to anyone who likes a little humor in their horror.
cassiecat's review against another edition
dark
funny
medium-paced
4.25
🎧4.25⭐️
I had the audiobook narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, who has the most beautiful dulcet tones to listen to. I just loved listening.
It’s short, only 4hrs 42 minutes . It’s Joyce’s story about her son Michael. She gives her musing to her neighbour to read, she is desperate for him to help her write it. Those musings are her telling her neighbour and the reader the story. The way it’s told I totally bought into it.
It really demonstrates a mothers love, and the lengths she will go to to protect her offspring. It has dry witty mom humour, Joyce often goes off on a random tangent, giving an old lady feel. It’s got a YA vibe, except it’s got some strong bad language, it’s also quite dark.
There’s not a lot of character depth, but that’s not surprising with the length of the story.
The theme wouldn’t be my usual genre, but I have to say I really enjoyed it, the narrator is fabulous, but it seemed a strange choice as the storyteller is female.
therightprofile's review
3.0
I have long been fascinated by the the literature about wolves and werewolves so I was particularly eager to experience this book.
The titular "Wolf's Mother" is Joyce. The story begins when she starts opening up to her neighbour, a soon-to-be-father, hoping that he may write a book about her. They don't converse about the usual topics neighbours talk about. In fact, he hardly says anything at all. Instead, Joyce has some gruesome secrets which unwind, one after the other from the night when she finds out that her son turns into a wolf....
I didn't find Joyce particularly engaging and fully-fleshed-out. There were many comments and complaints coming from her about many things which sound like something that one may overhear but didn't provide any particular insight or depth of her as a person and her bottomless love for her son.
That being said the narrator was engaged, kept my interested and I did listen 'til the end. I wasn't particularly horrified or intrigued but I was entertained. I think that this could have worked better as a short story. Ultimately, it was a rather short audio book.
(early access courtesy of NetGalley.com)
The titular "Wolf's Mother" is Joyce. The story begins when she starts opening up to her neighbour, a soon-to-be-father, hoping that he may write a book about her. They don't converse about the usual topics neighbours talk about. In fact, he hardly says anything at all. Instead, Joyce has some gruesome secrets which unwind, one after the other from the night when she finds out that her son turns into a wolf....
I didn't find Joyce particularly engaging and fully-fleshed-out. There were many comments and complaints coming from her about many things which sound like something that one may overhear but didn't provide any particular insight or depth of her as a person and her bottomless love for her son.
That being said the narrator was engaged, kept my interested and I did listen 'til the end. I wasn't particularly horrified or intrigued but I was entertained. I think that this could have worked better as a short story. Ultimately, it was a rather short audio book.
(early access courtesy of NetGalley.com)
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