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lostinabookbrb's review
3.0
I was part of a blog tour for this book and in return for the book, I wrote a review.
There's something about reading detective fantasy that never quite gets old. The main character of this novel, Wolfgang Rex, is a hybird between a human and a dog. I imagined McGruff the crime fighting dog, personally. In fact, it amused me very much so to think of it that way. Wolfgang is a private eye and the tone of the narrative is much the same. It reads like a noir detective novel except there are fairies, orcs, and a lot of hybirds between humans and various animals. It's an odd visual and certainly, if you're like me and enjoy reading things that are just odd in their very nature, you'll find yourself liking this world of magic.
This book is told in first person narration. I wasn't the biggest fan of the main character and perhaps it's because his attitude embodies those old timey detectives of yonder days. So, if you're a fan of those types of attitudes for a main detective character, then it will be up your alley. I was more of a fan of side characters and that's because they are a very colorful bunch.
Characterizations were doing pretty well. Though, the motivations of the main character were sometimes unclear to me. But I liked Sally and how her character was portrayed. Charlotte was a really weird character for me but it came together in the end of the book and previous actions began to make sense. Also, I think it important to know, since I'm mentioning Charlotte, that there is a lot of scenes involving sex (though, it doesn't get into the type of explicit where you would see things like "His Man Rod of Power") and it can be a little jarring given that there are quite a few animal hybird characters. COUGHthemaincharacterCOUGH
The plot is fairly linear until the last quarter of the book. Given the setting does take place in a magical world, a lot of fantastical elements came into play that last quarter of the book. It does make me think this book is first in a series. Which, if that is the case, it'll be interesting to see where the book goes. As a standalone though, it wouldn't make much sense.
Overall, I thought this was a creative approach to a fantasy detective series and I enjoyed the majority of the book. I would recommend it to those who like weird detective series and especially if they liked McGruff.
There's something about reading detective fantasy that never quite gets old. The main character of this novel, Wolfgang Rex, is a hybird between a human and a dog. I imagined McGruff the crime fighting dog, personally. In fact, it amused me very much so to think of it that way. Wolfgang is a private eye and the tone of the narrative is much the same. It reads like a noir detective novel except there are fairies, orcs, and a lot of hybirds between humans and various animals. It's an odd visual and certainly, if you're like me and enjoy reading things that are just odd in their very nature, you'll find yourself liking this world of magic.
This book is told in first person narration. I wasn't the biggest fan of the main character and perhaps it's because his attitude embodies those old timey detectives of yonder days. So, if you're a fan of those types of attitudes for a main detective character, then it will be up your alley. I was more of a fan of side characters and that's because they are a very colorful bunch.
Characterizations were doing pretty well. Though, the motivations of the main character were sometimes unclear to me. But I liked Sally and how her character was portrayed. Charlotte was a really weird character for me but it came together in the end of the book and previous actions began to make sense. Also, I think it important to know, since I'm mentioning Charlotte, that there is a lot of scenes involving sex (though, it doesn't get into the type of explicit where you would see things like "His Man Rod of Power") and it can be a little jarring given that there are quite a few animal hybird characters. COUGHthemaincharacterCOUGH
The plot is fairly linear until the last quarter of the book. Given the setting does take place in a magical world, a lot of fantastical elements came into play that last quarter of the book. It does make me think this book is first in a series. Which, if that is the case, it'll be interesting to see where the book goes. As a standalone though, it wouldn't make much sense.
Overall, I thought this was a creative approach to a fantasy detective series and I enjoyed the majority of the book. I would recommend it to those who like weird detective series and especially if they liked McGruff.
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