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Lonely Werewolf Girl
by Martin Millar
Only Martin Millar's name on the jacket could have persuaded me to buy a book with 'werewolf' in the title (I'm totally jaded with the whole current vampire/werewolf obsession). I've been a great fan of Millar's novels for about 20 years - which make me feel old though his stories are as fresh as ever. The Good Fairies of New York is up there on my Top Ten list and I think Lonely Werewolf Girl has just joined it. This book is an absolute delight!
Teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is an amazing character but despite beong the eponymous 'heroine' she's only one of very many equally important and unique characters that populate this book, all of them brought to vivid, crazy, pathetic, laugh-out-loud, dysfunctional life. Even the minor characters are fully drawn with their own quirks and motivations. The plot with all its typical Millaresque convolutions and sprawling subplots zips along to a frenetic (in a good way) denouement that leaves enough loose ends for a plausible sequel.
I've read criticisms of Millar's writing style from some who found it childish, repetitive and clichéd. I personally think his style is perfect for his characters and their stories. It's repetitive in the oral folk tradition kind of way, and his short chapters (some only a page or two long) and point-of-view hopping keep the pace up. I found it a roller-coaster of a book and compulsive reading. And the good thing about coming late to this awesome novel is that the sequel is already out - yay!
Teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is an amazing character but despite beong the eponymous 'heroine' she's only one of very many equally important and unique characters that populate this book, all of them brought to vivid, crazy, pathetic, laugh-out-loud, dysfunctional life. Even the minor characters are fully drawn with their own quirks and motivations. The plot with all its typical Millaresque convolutions and sprawling subplots zips along to a frenetic (in a good way) denouement that leaves enough loose ends for a plausible sequel.
I've read criticisms of Millar's writing style from some who found it childish, repetitive and clichéd. I personally think his style is perfect for his characters and their stories. It's repetitive in the oral folk tradition kind of way, and his short chapters (some only a page or two long) and point-of-view hopping keep the pace up. I found it a roller-coaster of a book and compulsive reading. And the good thing about coming late to this awesome novel is that the sequel is already out - yay!