A review by rian501
The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore

4.0

3.6 stars? I enjoyed different things about this book for different reasons. First, the narrator conceit was a little annoying to me at first, but I found it ultimately pretty effective. The nested story also echoes itself somewhat (bookish writer type gets pulled outside of his comfort zone and ends up with a story - narrator who finds found manuscript, or writer of found manuscript?), which paves the way for a few tangential pieces on the nature of the human condition, and speculation about the meaning of life and lycanthropy, etc. Some of the more involved points about the stuff going on in France at the time I found pretty boring (the Franco-Prussian war and so on), although it is important as a setting toward the end. There were some parts I found really long and rambling, and yet other places where the descriptions were almost poetry.
I doubt I would have enjoyed it at much if I had not used it to escape the mild torments of travel during the holiday season.
I wish there had been more from the point of view of the werewolf himself, but it is mostly told from those dealing with him and observing him.
Still, the story was good overall. I've never read Dracula (I KNOW), so I don't know if this is to werewolves as that is to vampires.