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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
Struggled with this one.. I liked the writing style but a little too gory to enjoy.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
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
A story full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. SGJ’s writing is indelible and infectious in “Mongrels” as it is throughout his work.
The strong and distinct voice in his writing lends perfectly to intimate stories in broad worlds.
The strong and distinct voice in his writing lends perfectly to intimate stories in broad worlds.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a book about werewolves and it reminds you that it's about werewolves about an average of three times a page, I'd say. Every single conversation in this book is about being a werewolf. If there was a Bechtel test about not constantly talking about werewolves, this book would massively fail that test.
And I like werewolves a lot. But still.
This really needed a non-werewolf subplot or something.
It is a touching portrait of a broken and continually breaking family. The werewolf thing, of course, is a metaphor as well - being an outcast, being the perpetual underdog. In that way the picaresque structure serves it well (even if I wish some of the episodes were more...vivid? Dramatic?)
I'm glad I pushed past the tedium of the middle third or so of the novel (which really probably should have been a novella), because there's true heart and pathos at the end.
And I like werewolves a lot. But still.
This really needed a non-werewolf subplot or something.
It is a touching portrait of a broken and continually breaking family. The werewolf thing, of course, is a metaphor as well - being an outcast, being the perpetual underdog. In that way the picaresque structure serves it well (even if I wish some of the episodes were more...vivid? Dramatic?)
I'm glad I pushed past the tedium of the middle third or so of the novel (which really probably should have been a novella), because there's true heart and pathos at the end.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I wanted this to be so much cooler than it was. There was so much potential man.
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
My eyes started to get a little watery on those last couple paragraphs. Must have been allergies.