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A review by rian501
The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon
4.0
This book has basically everything. Violence, sex, war, tenderness, and the beast within. It has a lot in common with Guy Endore's [b:The Werewolf of Paris|539519|The Werewolf of Paris|Guy Endore|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1175633863s/539519.jpg|526906], even giving a shout out in the form of the address of the main character (Endore's Rill). Both are set against the background of a war (this one World War II), and both trace the theme of human nature as crueler than wolf nature. Unlike Endore's werewolf, Michael can will a change and has at least some control over his turning wolf or human. McCammon's wolf also presents a happier possible outlook for the place of wolfman in the sight of God.
The span of the novel is pretty big, telling most of Michael's life story, and the stakes are high (D-Day and the outcome of WWII), so it's a bit epic in that way. There were a couple of jarring point of view shifts that I found annoying, but for the most part I really liked the portrayal of all the protagonists. The antagonists were a bit cartoonish in their evil madness, but they were fun to hate. This book was unfortunately interrupted in progress, disappearing from my kindle about 85% of the way through, so that affects my enjoyment a bit through no fault of the book itself.
The span of the novel is pretty big, telling most of Michael's life story, and the stakes are high (D-Day and the outcome of WWII), so it's a bit epic in that way. There were a couple of jarring point of view shifts that I found annoying, but for the most part I really liked the portrayal of all the protagonists. The antagonists were a bit cartoonish in their evil madness, but they were fun to hate. This book was unfortunately interrupted in progress, disappearing from my kindle about 85% of the way through, so that affects my enjoyment a bit through no fault of the book itself.