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A review by inky_bat
The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon
3.0
I can't say I hated it, but I didn't like it much either. Really predictable, but great action sequences.
“Truth is like fire, Mikhail,” he said. “It either heals or it destroys. But it never—never—leaves what it touches unchanged.” His head slowly swiveled, and he stared at the boy. “Can you stand the flames of truth, Mikhail?” -- In my mind, I added piercing eyes and a mullet hair toss. So cheesy.
The story has two parts, Michael the British spy out to take down the Nazis, and the other half a sort of coming-of-age story about his early days as a young werewolf. My favorite parts of the book were the younger years and the non-stop Indiana Jones-style action in the other half. There was one scene that was straight up from Raiders of the Lost Ark, but I won't spoil it.
All the parts in-between were horribly predictable and overdone to the point I just started skimming and thought about ditching it. Overall, it was just too long. Lots of time was devoted to examples of evil Nazis and how they were either really smart or really stupid, whichever to support the storyline at the moment. So, pretty typical of an 80s action movie, I'm just bored with that. Also, I pretty much hated all the female characters and the multitudes of sex scenes were cringy.
So, some parts were a 5 for me, and some was a 1. So 3, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
“Truth is like fire, Mikhail,” he said. “It either heals or it destroys. But it never—never—leaves what it touches unchanged.” His head slowly swiveled, and he stared at the boy. “Can you stand the flames of truth, Mikhail?” -- In my mind, I added piercing eyes and a mullet hair toss. So cheesy.
The story has two parts, Michael the British spy out to take down the Nazis, and the other half a sort of coming-of-age story about his early days as a young werewolf. My favorite parts of the book were the younger years and the non-stop Indiana Jones-style action in the other half. There was one scene that was straight up from Raiders of the Lost Ark, but I won't spoil it.
All the parts in-between were horribly predictable and overdone to the point I just started skimming and thought about ditching it. Overall, it was just too long. Lots of time was devoted to examples of evil Nazis and how they were either really smart or really stupid, whichever to support the storyline at the moment. So, pretty typical of an 80s action movie, I'm just bored with that. Also, I pretty much hated all the female characters and the multitudes of sex scenes were cringy.
So, some parts were a 5 for me, and some was a 1. So 3, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.