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alessiasbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Much love for this book, with a main character strong and charming, i’m in love with Talulla and i miss Jake so much, this couple are very amazing!! The written of Glen Duncan it’s always cruel and i love it.
laden_bookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
For the life of me, I can't recall why people referred to The Last Werewolf as 'literary genre' but I must say that I enjoyed it and I liked this novel better. It's less introspective than the previous novel but Talulla is an engaging character and her choices, while not always surprising, are satisfying.
bookswithlukas's review against another edition
5.0
I give this book ALL OF THE STARS. It was great, and even better than the first which I already loved. I won't talk about it too much since it's the middle of the trilogy and practically everything that I could talk about involves spoilers, but this is everything a sequel should be. The action was non-stop, the characters well drawn out (we get a different narrator here and it works brilliantly), and the story showed progress towards a definitive ending.
This is really shaping up to be one of my favourite adult series, and I just can't get enough of Glen Duncan's writing. Just assume the rest of this review would be lots of gushy praise, and go out and pick up the original if you like your stories dark, gory and full of mayhem!
This is really shaping up to be one of my favourite adult series, and I just can't get enough of Glen Duncan's writing. Just assume the rest of this review would be lots of gushy praise, and go out and pick up the original if you like your stories dark, gory and full of mayhem!
drnerdem's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
caity88's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't enjoy this book nearly as much as the first, but I'll probably still read the final book in the series...
reasonpassion's review against another edition
5.0
Having read "the Last Werewolf" and been blown away I was nervous, wondering if writing from the perspective of a female character would contain the same level of nuance, intelligence that had been written previous. Some writers simply can't do both genders. I don't know why I was nervous, the story was epic, startlingly brutal, heart-aching in its portrayal of the trials and tribulations and thoughts of motherhood with a female character in Talulla that is amazingly feminine whether as a human or wolf. Add in a world that is getting much bigger and there's simply no telling where Duncan will take this, but I know where ever he goes it will be brilliant.
bevolk's review against another edition
4.0
Liked this book much more than The Last Werewolf. There's a lot more action and I connected more with Tallula. Hope there will be a third book soon.
pbobrit's review against another edition
This is a sequel, you need to have read The Last Werewolf to make much sense of this book (I had read the first installment). This was just a fun, page turning lupine romp. Glen Duncan is a great story teller and his characters have a degree of depth you sometimes see skipped in these more pulpy, type books. Great story, interesting takes on vampire and werewolf tropes.
megmcardle's review against another edition
4.0
Not quite as good as The Last Werewolf, despite having a more action-packed story and a real goal (Talulla getting her kids back vs. Jake's ennui with existence). I think I just did not find Talulla as compelling a narrator. She's just as appalling as Jake, but the feminine touches are not always a good mix with all the violence and gore, (I found especially off-putting the beatification of mother-love). Some men don't write as convincingly in a female voice, which could be my issue. Still, lots to love -- the sheer brutal strength of the language, the descriptive power, and the propulsive pace of the storytelling all made this a satisfying read.
gohawks's review against another edition
2.0
did not finish through no real fault of the author that I can articulate. Just turned on the radio in my car one day instead and haven't turned it off. This falls under the "it's not you, it's me" audiobook category.