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Title: Murcheston: The Wolf's Tale
Author: David Holland
Published: New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 349
Total Page Count: 63,589
Text Number: 182
Read For: reading books about werewolves, checked out from the library
Short review: Edgar Lenoir, Duke of Darnley, survives a wolf attack only to discover, on the next full moon, that he is a werewolf. His diary tells the story of his lycanthropy, from his first transformation and his research on his affliction, through his slow descent into bestial nature. With a dark Victorian setting and careful themes of human nature, animal nature, and morality, Murcheston tries to be an unusual and intelligent werewolf novel. Unfortunately, it is bogged down by redundancy and a lengthy, unbelievable narrative style. I didn't enjoy it, and I don't recommend it.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Interesting tidbit:
total page count (63,589)
divided by text number (182)
is the current text page count (349).
It seems that this book completely average in more than one way.
Author: David Holland
Published: New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 349
Total Page Count: 63,589
Text Number: 182
Read For: reading books about werewolves, checked out from the library
Short review: Edgar Lenoir, Duke of Darnley, survives a wolf attack only to discover, on the next full moon, that he is a werewolf. His diary tells the story of his lycanthropy, from his first transformation and his research on his affliction, through his slow descent into bestial nature. With a dark Victorian setting and careful themes of human nature, animal nature, and morality, Murcheston tries to be an unusual and intelligent werewolf novel. Unfortunately, it is bogged down by redundancy and a lengthy, unbelievable narrative style. I didn't enjoy it, and I don't recommend it.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Interesting tidbit:
total page count (63,589)
divided by text number (182)
is the current text page count (349).
It seems that this book completely average in more than one way.
