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| Original Title: | Lonely Werewolf Girl |
| ISBN: | 0955498406 (ISBN13: 9780955498404) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kalix MacRinnalch #1 |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
Martin Millar
Paperback | Pages: 561 pages Rating: 3.85 | 3288 Users | 465 Reviews
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| Title | : | Lonely Werewolf Girl (Kalix MacRinnalch #1) |
| Author | : | Martin Millar |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 561 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2007 by Meadow & Black, (first published June 7th 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Shapeshifters. Werewolves. Fiction. Young Adult. Paranormal |
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Neil Gaiman loves this guy. Need I say more? Perhaps not but I will anyway. I must admit that when I walked into Elliot Bay I was drawn initially to the cover of the book and then I realized it was an author I'd previously enjoyed. I loved Millar's "The Good Fairies of New York" for its irreverent take on the fair folk. "Lonely Werewolf Girl" doesn't disappoint. It was good balm for my psyche after getting sucked into the world of "Twilight." A couple things to keep in mind: 1. It's laugh out loud funny- beware of planes or other enclosed public spaces. 2. It's anything but predictable. 3. It turns many werewolf stereotypes on their heads.Rating Regarding Books Lonely Werewolf Girl (Kalix MacRinnalch #1)
Ratings: 3.85 From 3288 Users | 465 ReviewsNotice Regarding Books Lonely Werewolf Girl (Kalix MacRinnalch #1)
Neil Gaiman loves this guy. Need I say more? Perhaps not but I will anyway. I must admit that when I walked into Elliot Bay I was drawn initially to the cover of the book and then I realized it was an author I'd previously enjoyed. I loved Millar's "The Good Fairies of New York" for its irreverent take on the fair folk. "Lonely Werewolf Girl" doesn't disappoint. It was good balm for my psyche after getting sucked into the world of "Twilight."A couple things to keep in mind:1. It's laugh out loudThis was a meh kind of read. I was expecting more when I got it. I don't think it was intended to be a book for a young adults but that was how the writing came off some of the time. The character development was interesting but the dialogue kind of made you cringe at times. In a who-the-hell-says-that? kind of way. And the ending was not kind exactly what I was expecting so that was refreshing. A good read by the pool with an en duble margarita.
My brother gifted me this book, because he know I like werewolves and Neil Gaiman. I read it all hoping desperately to find any redeeming quality, but it was a moot quest. This book is horrible. The characters are all completely unlikeable or two-dimensional caricatures. Everybody is really-really-ridicolously good looking, and the plot is a tangled mess. Kalix is clearly interchangeable with Enoby Dementia Dark'ness Ravenway (or Felice Fawn for that matter, *cough cough*) and the prose is what
Also posted on my blog, Rinn Reads.Wow. Whatever I was expecting when I picked this book up, it was not this.From first glance, I thought it looked like a typical YA paranormal novel, admittedly I didn't really read the blurb properly. What it actually is, however, is a witty, paranormal YA novel filled with black humour and pop culture references, that cleverly and effectively weaves the supernatural into our world. I mean, what's not to like about the idea of a family of aristocratic Scottish
Weird, tripy even. Witty enough. Supposedly fun and funny. Somehow not what I was expecting. But I liked it well enough. Though I'll admit it, the three stars are for the cover. Last Words, support indie writers better, more fiercely, then you wouldn't have to read misplaced stuff like this one. The reason I brought that up is the excellent Only Human I just finished.
This is an odd book. None of the characters are truly likable (for any character, pick two or more of the following: crazy, violent, criminal, pathetic, annoying, stupid, or heartless). And yet they and their story captivated me.Lonely Werewolf Girl is also well-written from a literary standpoint. Characters are hardly described at all; all the characterization stems from other sources (action or dialogue). An incredible number of characters and plot threads are woven together in a seamless and
Six hundred pages later, and I can't decide whether I actually liked this, or was infuriated by it.Millar apparently heard somewhere that short sentences add impact to one's writing. However, he didn't stick around to hear the bit where they're supposed to be sprinkled through longer ones to achieve that impact. Add this to a dreadful habit of ignoring the "show, don't tell" rule of writing, and you get... a very odd read, since more than enough of his stupidly huge cast of characters were
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