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Post by keywolf on May 14, 2009 14:28:27 GMT -5
Anyone read this one? I briefly mentioned it before, having finished it recently I can honestly say it's one of the best werewolf books I've ever read. It was written recently but it has such an old-fashioned style that at first I had to remind myself that it wasn't written in the Victorian era in which it's set.
A truly brilliant gothic horror novel.
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Post by Nyctivoe on May 14, 2009 19:21:13 GMT -5
No, but I like faux-victorian style. What happens in it?
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Post by Werewolf on May 15, 2009 4:04:26 GMT -5
Sounds interesting. I'll look it up.
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Post by keywolf on May 15, 2009 6:16:02 GMT -5
Much like Dracula and Frankenstein, it's written as a series of diary entries (the recent book The Historian, a sort of sequel to Dracula, did this as well but isn't nearly as good- but became very popular and is being turned into a movie soon).
The anti-hero is the Duke of Darnley, who is attacked by an enormous wolf in the Carpathians, and on returning to London finds himself transforming into a similar creature every full moon. At first he tries to isolate himself in order not to harm anyone, but gradually begins to believe that humans are inferior to himself and deserve to be his prey.
There's two potential problems that readers might have- it's very old-fashioned, and the lead character isn't all that nice. Neither of these things bothered me; I like an interesting villian, and Darnley is a fascinating character.
Not only does this book deserve to be more well know, I think it would make a great gothic horror movie. Maybe the newly ressurected Hammer studios could take it on?
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