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saintrobot's review
3.0
I love love love Hellboy, but had never gotten around to reading any of the novels. Well I listened to this one and it was overall pretty good. I wish Kate had a bigger role to play, since werewolves are kind of her thing (maybe I missed a part in the beginning that gave a reason?) but I thought it was okay regardless. Hellboy felt like Hellboy and the werewolves were really cool. There was some great imagery when the wolves kind of hive-mind swarmed the streets of Boston. I thought the time distortion aspect was well done and the haunted house was fun and kind of scary. While I did like the tight, focused cast I wasn't too happy with Lisa's treatment. In a feminist reading of her character she really did get relegated to a man-pain kind of device. She was frequently thrown into damsel like situations despite the reader being told that she's a tough as nails journalist. The amount of times where she was the only one to scream in terror was noticeable. Because of that, I didn't really find Brad to be super likable. I think reading the book in this lens also made me more annoyed about Kate's absence now that I think about it. BUT! Putting that in a corner where I acknowledge it but move past it, I did like this book and am glad I finally dove into Hellboy novels! Looking forward to listening to another one.
klemler's review
3.0
Not my favorite depiction of Hellboy but a good story in the universe nonetheless.
nlord's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Way more "Scooby Doo" than "Hellboy" for my taste, with way, waaaay to much focus on the daddy issues of the least interesting character in the book.
ambientsunset's review
5.0
I absoultely loved this book! I hadn't had a book to read that } couldn't put down. It was just creepy enough to make my heart beat a little faster. I want to read more Hellboy now!
squidbag's review against another edition
3.0
Hellboy lives in a gothic horror universe anyway, and as long as there's an element of humor thrown in, all that is required for me to be interested in a Hellboy story is a background mythology that fascinates me, and this has one. The side character development is steady without being cloying, and necessary to the overall story, so I was good with that. Actually, this plotline relegates Hellboy to one of a team of four (or five) and we know that works b/c of the BPRD stuff.
A fun book.
A fun book.
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