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jenniferstringer's review against another edition
3.0
I'm so tired of supernatural heroes - I'm tempted to give this book 2 stars, but I recognize that it is well written, so 3 it is. I started reading it on the ipad, but then my son accidentally deleted it, so there was a big gap in between and that didn't help. Sooo, if you are into philosophical, blood-thirsty werewolves - this is your book, but otherwise, give it a pass.
mikewa14's review against another edition
4.0
Despite never imagining I would read a book with werewolf in the title I really enjoyed this!
Full review here
http://0651frombrighton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-last-werewolf-glen-duncan.html
Full review here
http://0651frombrighton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-last-werewolf-glen-duncan.html
gg1213's review against another edition
4.0
Watch my review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z15YEt4TD9M
carriethis's review against another edition
4.0
Despair, because I'm listening to this on audiobook and Robin Sachs' narration is simply delicious, then I looked him up and he passed away last February. Mr. Sachs, thanks, wherever you may be.
literarylover37's review against another edition
2.0
Eh, well written. But a little too gory for me. I'm curious to see what the other people in the book club thought of it.
audreychamaine's review against another edition
4.0
When Jake Marlowe learns that he is the last werewolf on earth, he finds that it's a relief. He's the last one to be hunted, so all forces will be concentrated on him, but after a couple of hundred years, he's ready to be done with it. If only things were that easy. For one, it's difficult to surrender oneself to death, and even harder when people around you, both enemies and friends, are trying so hard to keep you alive.
The Last Werewolf is easily the most cerebral and the most raunchy werewolf book I've ever read. It plods along slowly, as we hear the inner turmoil and philosophizing of our narrator, Jake. It feels like there is just as much inner dialog rumination as action in this book, but whenever I felt like I couldn't take it anymore--bam!--something would happen.
There is plenty of literary allusion to earlier works to keep the English majors in the audience entertained. For instance, in a perversion of the Jane Eyre quote, at one point Marlowe addresses his audience with, "Reader, I ate him." Small references such as this were like fun Easter eggs for knowing readers, and did not distract at all from readers who weren't in on it.
Warning: if you have a strong aversion to dirty sex and graphic violence, this is probably not the book for you. I knew about it going in, and decided I'd try it out anyway, but I had a hard time making it through. I'd never want to drop the soap with Jake Marlowe in the shower, let me tell you! I read once that vampires are the absence of life, and werewolves are the overabundance of it. From that regard, Marlowe certainly gets busy enough for a small army of men.
The audiobook is very well done. It's read by Robin Sachs, who played Ethan Rayne in Buffy. He speaks with a dry, British tone that seemed to capture Marlowe perfectly. He was a great choice to narrate the book.
All in all, if you love werewolves, love literary fiction, and don't mind some dirty, dirty sex, this is a book worth picking up. I found it both shocking and compelling.
The Last Werewolf is easily the most cerebral and the most raunchy werewolf book I've ever read. It plods along slowly, as we hear the inner turmoil and philosophizing of our narrator, Jake. It feels like there is just as much inner dialog rumination as action in this book, but whenever I felt like I couldn't take it anymore--bam!--something would happen.
There is plenty of literary allusion to earlier works to keep the English majors in the audience entertained. For instance, in a perversion of the Jane Eyre quote, at one point Marlowe addresses his audience with, "Reader, I ate him." Small references such as this were like fun Easter eggs for knowing readers, and did not distract at all from readers who weren't in on it.
Warning: if you have a strong aversion to dirty sex and graphic violence, this is probably not the book for you. I knew about it going in, and decided I'd try it out anyway, but I had a hard time making it through. I'd never want to drop the soap with Jake Marlowe in the shower, let me tell you! I read once that vampires are the absence of life, and werewolves are the overabundance of it. From that regard, Marlowe certainly gets busy enough for a small army of men.
The audiobook is very well done. It's read by Robin Sachs, who played Ethan Rayne in Buffy. He speaks with a dry, British tone that seemed to capture Marlowe perfectly. He was a great choice to narrate the book.
All in all, if you love werewolves, love literary fiction, and don't mind some dirty, dirty sex, this is a book worth picking up. I found it both shocking and compelling.
tobinlopes's review against another edition
4.0
A compelling tale with an interesting take on the werewolf myth. One in which the wolf's killings are transcendent and more than a bit sexual. This is not twilight. It's much more in the vein with Anne Rice an anything else.
I gave it an 8/10 on my personal scale.
-tpl
I gave it an 8/10 on my personal scale.
-tpl
arkwen452's review against another edition
Its well written and has a poetic, visural narrative. With that said, it ia also a dark book. I had to read it in small doses. I will have to come back to it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Torture, Cannibalism, Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
dryadgurrl's review against another edition
3.0
On the whole, I liked this book, though not enough to pick up the sequel. The prose was luridly purple, seriously, $5 and $6 words thrown around when perfectly good $4 words would do, and sometimes more than one of them at once. I consider myself a word-knowledgeable person, I have a good vocabulary, so when I have to look up multiple words in a sentence, something is very wrong.
There were a few times that I almost put it down because it was too close to reading my early-teenage fanfic (like when he called someone's eyes 'orbits', at least I think he was referring to eyes, it was too wordy and vague to really tell) and also certain story elements (that I won't spoil for anyone who hasn't read it and wants to)
BUT these issues aside, the story in and of itself was enjoyable and I don't feel that I wasted my time reading this book. Just be warned that you may need a dictionary (and perhaps a thesaurus) on hand to translate.
There were a few times that I almost put it down because it was too close to reading my early-teenage fanfic (like when he called someone's eyes 'orbits', at least I think he was referring to eyes, it was too wordy and vague to really tell) and also certain story elements (that I won't spoil for anyone who hasn't read it and wants to)
BUT these issues aside, the story in and of itself was enjoyable and I don't feel that I wasted my time reading this book. Just be warned that you may need a dictionary (and perhaps a thesaurus) on hand to translate.
addyallred's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
3.25