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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An excellent coming of age tale of a young boy growing up in a nomadic werewolf family in America. It alternates voice by telling us the story in first person through the eyes of the young boy and through a narrator's voice that goes back in time and gives us a different perspective on situations in the boy's life.
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I like the way SGJ wrote this. It's written like an extended thought.
I liked the characters, the lore of werewolves, and the ending most of all. Wasn't what I was expecting but it was so good
I liked the characters, the lore of werewolves, and the ending most of all. Wasn't what I was expecting but it was so good
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
A good addition to werewolf literature; I like that modern werewolf stories tend to wrestle with family dynamics and this is no exception. We’re right beside the narrator as he struggles with identity and his role in the pack. Well done story work!
Rounded up from 4.5. This is a story about a family on the margins - fighting hard to survive, loving each other fiercely and always running. They’re on the margins because they’re werewolves, but it rang so true for all the reasons people are on the margins - poverty, addiction, trauma…. Really this is a coming of age story for the unnamed narrator.
Good werewolf book: "Mongrels" by Stephen Graham Jones.
Better werewolf book: "Sharp Teeth" by Toby Barlow.
Better werewolf book: "Sharp Teeth" by Toby Barlow.
One thing about me is that if SGJ writes it, I'm gonna read it. I could read his grocery list and I would probably enjoy it. Mongrels was a werewolf story quite unlike any you've read before. I wish I could summarize how much I love this book, but I can't do it justice. All I can tell you is to READ IT. You won't regret it.