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alice_speilburg's review against another edition
3.0
Not your typical werewolf paranormal, the narrative is gritty and masculine. The werewolf in question is an an intellectual guy's guy and bored with life after 200 years. While the writing is beautiful with interesting facts inserted a la Tom Robbins, the plot has one to many twists to be taken too seriously.
whatsmacksaid's review against another edition
1.0
I really disliked this. There were some gems in the purple prose, but for the most part it was dense and overblown. There were all sorts of tropes that were employed, and the narrator talked about how they were tropes, but that was it. There was zero attempt on the author's part to engage with or subvert them.
Also, those last pages that were from the woman's POV--christ, is that what he thinks women think about??
I do not, under any circumstances, recommend this. If you want a good literary horror werewolf book (that covers some of the same themes, even), read Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones. It was a hundred times better than this drivel.
Also, those last pages that were from the woman's POV--christ, is that what he thinks women think about??
I do not, under any circumstances, recommend this. If you want a good literary horror werewolf book (that covers some of the same themes, even), read Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones. It was a hundred times better than this drivel.
patchworkbunny's review against another edition
3.0
Warning: This novel is not suitable for younger readers, there's graphic sex and lots of swearing including the c-word which I know a lot of people dislike.
Kudos to Glen Duncan for writing a literary werewolf novel. I wanted to love it but have come away feeling a bit ambivalent. The majority of the novel is narrated by Jacob, the last of his kind. However a lot of these conversations seem to be happening during sex. Whilst sex and violence isn't automatically a bad recipe for a novel, I didn't think it fit with the style of prose which was fairly reflective.
I didn't find the plot particularly strong. WOCOP is an organisation that has been hunting werewolves for some time and Grainer, a Hunter, is hoping to seek revenge. Jacob is resigned to his fate and starts saying his goodbyes to the one person with meaning in his life, Harley, who he saved many years ago and has since formed a close bond. I thought this relationship came across as very real and touching however the story soon goes off in a different direction and I think I preferred the earlier half of the book. The ending was a little predictable for my liking but then maybe I read too many werewolf books!
Kudos to Glen Duncan for writing a literary werewolf novel. I wanted to love it but have come away feeling a bit ambivalent. The majority of the novel is narrated by Jacob, the last of his kind. However a lot of these conversations seem to be happening during sex. Whilst sex and violence isn't automatically a bad recipe for a novel, I didn't think it fit with the style of prose which was fairly reflective.
I didn't find the plot particularly strong. WOCOP is an organisation that has been hunting werewolves for some time and Grainer, a Hunter, is hoping to seek revenge. Jacob is resigned to his fate and starts saying his goodbyes to the one person with meaning in his life, Harley, who he saved many years ago and has since formed a close bond. I thought this relationship came across as very real and touching however the story soon goes off in a different direction and I think I preferred the earlier half of the book. The ending was a little predictable for my liking but then maybe I read too many werewolf books!
emilcha's review against another edition
2.0
Loved the start, but by half way through it was not compelling.
alohanea's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy
amandat's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
priorglass's review against another edition
3.0
interesting book but was the countless intercourse really necessary.
funny how the main character/narrator died though like seriously.
funny how the main character/narrator died though like seriously.
ameltdown's review against another edition
1.0
had a line where he compared sleeping with his mate to sleeping with his sister and i couldn’t recover from it.