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Mongrels

Stephen Graham Jones

3.93 AVERAGE

mztaraln76's profile picture

mztaraln76's review

4.5
adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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
adventurous dark funny tense medium-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 challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wow... this book is impossible to categorize, and it's absolutely brilliant! Is it a horror novel? I suppose you could say that it is, given the subject matter and some of the graphic scenes. But, at its heart, this is a coming of age story; a story of a family's love for one another. I'm new to Stephen Graham Jones, but he's gained a fan and reader!
dark reflective 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
dark funny medium-paced
dannythestreet's profile picture

dannythestreet's review

4.25
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes

Interesting werewolf lore combined with great family dynamics, this is incredible.      I loved these characters so much
And the ending is just 🤌🤌🤌