While Dr. Warthrop is attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire, could exist, his former fiancÉe asks him to rescue her husband...
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Mar 24, 2011
Stephen
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5.0 stars. After reading the first two books of the Monstrumologist series, it has quickly become one of my favorites. I am at the point where I will purchase the next one immediately upon publication.
This book belongs to a new sub-category of horror/fantasy/SF that I am calling “House” Stories (after the main character of the TV show played by Hugh Laurie). I came up with this because I am finding a similar type of character emerge recently in speculative ficiton that reminds be, o More...
This book belongs to a new sub-category of horror/fantasy/SF that I am calling “House” Stories (after the main character of the TV show played by Hugh Laurie). I came up with this because I am finding a similar type of character emerge recently in speculative ficiton that reminds be, o More...
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Jan 03, 2011
William Thomas
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So I have to give Mr. Yancey a very firm handshake or a big damn hug if I ever meet him. I'll tell you why: books that change the mythos of a legend that dates back hundreds or even thousands of years irritate me. From Anne Rice to Stephenie Meyer, the warping of an ancient legend seems to be the fashion. And I can understand the point that you are writing fiction and you have poetic license over your story. Agreed. But this still irritates me because your poetry can be contained to the story su
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Apr 16, 2011
Cole
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Elements and Style: The author again imbeds a really clear picture of the scene before elaborating. Every time you change settings, he explains in great detail what is in the main character’s surrounds. He also never stops the plot, because everything is tied to something else. The protangonist is still Will Henry, but the antagonist is actually John Chanler. The mood is suspenseful, because the monster’s hunger grows each time it attempts to eat, and its prey are human. Will Henry narrates this
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Nov 22, 2011
Tina
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I only really read The Monstrumologist last month because I got into this agreement with Aaron and Tricia that I will read the second book with them. What is it with me scaring myself silly all of a sudden, yes? I don't know, either. If it were up to me, I would probably wait another year to read the next book in this series to give me (more than) enough recovery time. But because I can be such a pushover sometimes, I gave in and read The Curse of the We More...
I only really read The Monstrumologist last month because I got into this agreement with Aaron and Tricia that I will read the second book with them. What is it with me scaring myself silly all of a sudden, yes? I don't know, either. If it were up to me, I would probably wait another year to read the next book in this series to give me (more than) enough recovery time. But because I can be such a pushover sometimes, I gave in and read The Curse of the We More...
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May 11, 2011
Jennifer
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I'm not a person who likes violence and gore, so despite the brilliance of The Monstrumologist, I almost didn't read this. The first one made me physically sick, but I had to keep reading to find out what happened. But Greg and Patricia said this one was less gorey and more character-driven, so I decided to give it a try. However, they lied! This was absolutely as gorey as the first one, but it was just so good that I didn't notice as much. The writing was top notch, the story was well-pace
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Aug 31, 2011
Ryan
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I liked this book, really I did. But I didn’t like the something about it that I can’t get my head around. Will Henry is awesome but the monstermologist (sp) was a jerk. Which he was supposed to be and which means the author did a great job of writing the characters. But the whole book felt like it was without hope and without joy. Which again was probably what the author was trying to do so it fulfilled his requirement. But sometimes it is hard to read a book that is without hope or joy.
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Aug 17, 2011
Kurt
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Richard Yancey’s second installment of his Monstrumologist series is ambitious book in a different vein from the first. Whereas that book had to set up the framing device (in 2007 an author by the name of Richard Yancey comes into possession of many journals apparently penned by a recently deceased man who claims to have born in 1876; he publishes them), the narrative device (the authorial voice is an eleven-year old, but written from an adult perspective) and the stylized form, the second book
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Jul 25, 2011
Mindy
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CURSE OF THE WENDIGO is an absolutely stellar sequel. I devoured this book in about four hours. Dr. Warthrop's old mentor (Von Helrung) has more or less "jumped on the vampire wagon," (and I got a chuckle out of that, let me tell you) and is insisting that the creatures are real, after having been hired by a writer (he thinks his name was Stroker) to prove that the creatures exist.
The brand of vampire being hunted here is the Canadian backwoods variant - a Wendigo, who feeds More...
The brand of vampire being hunted here is the Canadian backwoods variant - a Wendigo, who feeds More...
Jul 04, 2011
Doug
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Although being marketed as a YA / Middle Reader title, this is pure Victorian Gothic Horror, as visceral as it comes, and, like its predecessor THE MONTRUMOLOGIST, probably too rough for some of the kids it is being marketed to.
That said, Yancey knows his stuff, makes clever reference to what has come before his time, and is especially to be credited for not just churning out a carbon-copy of the first book in the series. This one goes a good deal deeper in its themes of love and devot More...
That said, Yancey knows his stuff, makes clever reference to what has come before his time, and is especially to be credited for not just churning out a carbon-copy of the first book in the series. This one goes a good deal deeper in its themes of love and devot More...
May 04, 2011
Tommy
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"The Monstrumologist" is my new favorite series. I read very little YA lit, even though I work in a JH and HS library. I read the first book in this series and totally loved it. This sequel just gets bigger and better, developing more of the complex themes and compounding the tragedy and poignancy. The writing is so poetic at times, subtle and artful. Weirdly enough, it's also some of the most gruesome and shockingly brutal horror I've read in a long time. "The Curse of the Wendig
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Mar 27, 2011
Courtney
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While I'm really glad to be not reading the vivid descriptions of the Anthropophagi and their collateral damage, I was easily just as grossed out by the Wendigo. In, you know, a good way. Will Henry has managed to live to work another day by the side of the Monstrumologist, Pellinore Walthrop. Word arrives that his old mentor has gone missing in pursuit of the mythological Wendigo in the wilds of Northern Canada. Walthrop is convinced that the Wendigo is just that: mythological, and is conv
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Jan 18, 2011
Jan
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Yancey has perhaps surpassed his first book, The Monstrumologist, which was a Printz Honor book for 2009 with this sequel, Curse of the Wendigo.
Will Henry and Dr. Warthrop are called upon once again to investigate the existence of a vampiric creature called the Wendigo. Dr Warthop is pulled into the investigation when he is asked by his former fiancé to rescue her husband, John Chandler, who has gone in search of the Wendigo in the Canadian wilderness. During their rescue of Chan More...
Will Henry and Dr. Warthrop are called upon once again to investigate the existence of a vampiric creature called the Wendigo. Dr Warthop is pulled into the investigation when he is asked by his former fiancé to rescue her husband, John Chandler, who has gone in search of the Wendigo in the Canadian wilderness. During their rescue of Chan More...
Dec 24, 2010
Darren
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This time last year I reviewed Rick Yancey's The Monstrumologist, a dark and twisted gore-fest of a book for older teens, perfect for horror-loving readers weaned on books by the likes of Darren Shan. It took me a little while to get into that book, as it was unlike many of the teen horror stories I had read previously: the book is narrated as if it is the journal of a recently deceased elderly man and as such the voice and language is far more mature than you would find in many books for reader
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Aug 29, 2011
Kelsey
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This book was truly amazing. The previous novel, the Monstrumologist, suffered from being the first novel in a series. I really felt that the first half lagged a bit, but by the end, there were so many memorable characters and so much action that it really came together. However, the first half earned it a 4-rating.
This time around, Rick Yancey seems to have figured out what he wants to say. The characters are already established, and he takes very little time to re-establish them. W More...
This time around, Rick Yancey seems to have figured out what he wants to say. The characters are already established, and he takes very little time to re-establish them. W More...
Dec 01, 2011
Erin
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The Curse of the Wendigo
By Rick Yancey
The reader will learn more about Dr. Warthrop through the eyes of Will Henry than they ever expected in book two of the Monstrumologist series. Why is Dr. Warthrop short-tempered? Why does he have trouble showing affection, and why does he only love the gruesome world of monsters? The answers become clear as Dr. Warthrop and Will Henry travel into the frigid Canadian wilderness to find a lost fellow monstrumologist who is also Dr. Warthrop’s be More...
By Rick Yancey
The reader will learn more about Dr. Warthrop through the eyes of Will Henry than they ever expected in book two of the Monstrumologist series. Why is Dr. Warthrop short-tempered? Why does he have trouble showing affection, and why does he only love the gruesome world of monsters? The answers become clear as Dr. Warthrop and Will Henry travel into the frigid Canadian wilderness to find a lost fellow monstrumologist who is also Dr. Warthrop’s be More...
Jan 25, 2011
Cecilia
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The second in the Monstromologist (series?), _The Curse of the Wendigo is better than the first, in my opinion. Here, we encounter a metaphorical monster that is far scarier than its physical presence - though that is pretty scary too. We see the surrogate father/son duo develop together and separately; we venture into two desolate settings - one physically desolate, the other socioeconomically so. Classical allusions are made; philosophical/theological questions raised. Parts of it reminded me
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Apr 09, 2011
Tammy
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This is a slightly better-then-average read. But I have limited this to 3 stars only.
I would have given this book a higher rating , if it were not for the two sections in the beginning of the book where the Doctor berated Will Henry to the point of verbal abuse.
I am not sure why the writer felt it was necessary to include the abusive dialogs, it was clear from the previous book, as well as from other parts of this book, that the Doctor was a domineering control freak who has littl More...
I would have given this book a higher rating , if it were not for the two sections in the beginning of the book where the Doctor berated Will Henry to the point of verbal abuse.
I am not sure why the writer felt it was necessary to include the abusive dialogs, it was clear from the previous book, as well as from other parts of this book, that the Doctor was a domineering control freak who has littl More...
Apr 20, 2011
Jenny
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I absolutely loved The Monstrumologist and the next book in the series The Curse of the Wendigo was even better than the first. I liked it better because not only was it full of horror and gore and terror, but I learned even more about Dr. Warthrop. I got to know these two characters (Will Henry and Dr. Warthrop) even more. The more I learn about them, the more I like them, even though they are in a really crazy business.
In this second volume, Will and the monstrumologist go out in More...
In this second volume, Will and the monstrumologist go out in More...
Dec 20, 2010
Michael
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Neat book, lots of mystery, sort of Sherlock Holmes stuff but more violent. The young boy who apprentices the Monstrumologist ie excellent. I will finish this tonight and start the earlier book, "Monstrumologist." I would recommend this to students with an interest in animal science and mystery and adventure. I am presently reading "Monstruomolgist" and recommmend someone read it before "The Curse." Will Henry is 12-13 year old apprentice whose parents once served h
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Jul 22, 2011
Mike (the Paladin)
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This is listed as YA fantasy so, okay... but as noted when I reviewed the first in this series, be sure your "youth" is mature enough or ready for these.
Steven King in Danse Macabre mentioned that when writing he always wanted to go for pure terror, if he couldn't achieve that he'd settle for horror, but failing that he (in his words) wasn't proud, he'd go for the "gross-out". These books come very close to being wall to wall gross out. Just be aware of that. Wher More...
Steven King in Danse Macabre mentioned that when writing he always wanted to go for pure terror, if he couldn't achieve that he'd settle for horror, but failing that he (in his words) wasn't proud, he'd go for the "gross-out". These books come very close to being wall to wall gross out. Just be aware of that. Wher More...
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Apr 16, 2011
Newengland
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Book classifications get silly sometimes, especially when they are used for books like Rick Yancey's THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST and this fine sequel, THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO. Any adult fan of the supernatural could pick this up and read it start to finish without guessing it is written for teenagers because, well, it's only partly so. Yancey's muses are Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, and, to a lesser extent, Justin Cronin of THE PASSAGE fame.
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Jan 29, 2011
Jacki
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Summary: "An old man, I am a boy again. And dead, the monstrumologist lives." The adventures of Will Henry and the monstrumologist continue in a harrowing new tale that takes them from the Canadian wilderness, to the monstrumology convention, and even into the immigrant slums of the city, with plenty of horrifying side stops along the way. When Dr. Warthrop's first love comes to him for help locating her missing husband, the doctor springs into action, especially since said husband was
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Oct 13, 2011
April (CSI:Librarian)
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(Originally posted @ CSI:Librarian.)
Although the word "shit" was mentioned (and literally used) to a revolting degree, the only significantly crappy aspect of The Curse of the Wendigo was how much it paled in comparison to The Monstrumologist.<!--more--> Once again, a lot was done right. Yancey's writing was still thoroughly enjoyable. I read this book in no time flat and had a hard time putting it down. When it came to the actual Wendigo storyline, I was completely hoo More...
Although the word "shit" was mentioned (and literally used) to a revolting degree, the only significantly crappy aspect of The Curse of the Wendigo was how much it paled in comparison to The Monstrumologist.<!--more--> Once again, a lot was done right. Yancey's writing was still thoroughly enjoyable. I read this book in no time flat and had a hard time putting it down. When it came to the actual Wendigo storyline, I was completely hoo More...
Oct 20, 2010
Lynn
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Fantastic sequel to The Monstrumologist. It's not really a stand alone novel though, so if you have not read the first book, start there. There is not as much action at the beginning of the novel, which might bother some readers, but you get to really know the monstrumologist's background. I found it facinating.
There is horror, but it is not as gory (in the first half) as The Monstrumologist. Throughout much of the novel the horror is psychological, which I like. Once it turns bl More...
There is horror, but it is not as gory (in the first half) as The Monstrumologist. Throughout much of the novel the horror is psychological, which I like. Once it turns bl More...
Oct 04, 2011
Jenn
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If possible, I liked this better than the first! I finished it yesterday and immediately bought the third (which is sadly the last!) You should be honored that I'm taking a brief break from reading that to post this here ;)
Seriously, read these books. Yes, they are rather gory and dark and pretty scary -a lot of people question how they're YA, but I'm pretty sure I had a stronger stomach at 13 than I do now! So I wouldn't hesitate giving them to a teen or a mature preteen. But read t More...
Seriously, read these books. Yes, they are rather gory and dark and pretty scary -a lot of people question how they're YA, but I'm pretty sure I had a stronger stomach at 13 than I do now! So I wouldn't hesitate giving them to a teen or a mature preteen. But read t More...
Oct 27, 2011
Stephanie
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With Halloween around the corner, and the rare instance of all my review books read, I was feeling very picky about what to pick up next. I needed something that would haunt my dreams, make me eye the clock at work with desperation so I could return to it, something so stunning that I would be left awestruck. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey was that book for me two years ago. The Curse of the Wendigo exceeded even that.
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Dr. Warthrop is asked by his former fiancee to rescue her husba More...
Mar 14, 2011
Michael
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The first wendigo story I ever read was in Uncanny X-Men 139-140, followed by Peter Straub’s Ghost Story, Pet Semetary by Stephen King, and most recently in the comic B.P.R.D.. Judged solely by the measure of entrails, eye gouging, and fecal matter, Curse of the Wendigo surpasses them all. The first half of the book is an outdoors adventure in the Canadian wilderness that pits our heroes against the elements while being pursued by a possibly mythical predator. Act two is the Hammer Films portion
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Nov 13, 2011
Ofilia
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I was not looking forward to reading this one because the first one was so good. I thought surely there is no way this one could match it. Luckily I was very mistaken. Yancey includes all of the gag inducing details of the first one and elucidates a bit of the tumultuous history of the mysterious Dr. Warthrop. Will Henry begins to grow a backbone and by the books end has an epiphany of what he truly desires. The narrative is still action packed and filled with enough vocabulary to make it a wort
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Sep 19, 2011
Jennifer
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Mini Book Review: Well, I definitely enjoyed this more than the Monstrumologist based solely on the fact that it wasn't as graphic. The storyline was a lot more fast paced and easier to read, less Victorian Gothic. There was a lot more scenes dealing with the relationship between Will Henry and the Dr, and you really started to actually feel that the Dr was more of a human character and less of a caricature. I now am actually looking forward to The Isle of Blood which Simon and Schuster has sen
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Aug 08, 2011
Aylee
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In short: The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey does not hold back the horror and gore in this superb and gag-inducing sequel in the terrifying series.
So begins a new adventure with Will Henry, assistant monstrumologist, and his master and certified monstrumologist, Dr. Warthrop. Last time, in The Monstrumologist, the monster of the story was a well studied and known humanoid beast. This time, in The Curse of the Wendigo, the monster is the Wendigo, a vampire-like beast that is More...
So begins a new adventure with Will Henry, assistant monstrumologist, and his master and certified monstrumologist, Dr. Warthrop. Last time, in The Monstrumologist, the monster of the story was a well studied and known humanoid beast. This time, in The Curse of the Wendigo, the monster is the Wendigo, a vampire-like beast that is More...
