Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
This novel starts off with the beginnings of a war about to brew between humans and lykans. To this point, the lykans had been a somewhat repressed minority, but factions among them are looking to lash back. In this story, lycanthropy is similar to a virus, which can be blocked by medication. About halfway through, the war between human and lykan is on in full force after a massive 9/11 style attack.
About the only thing that I can say that I remotely liked about this novel was the audiobook narration. The narrator had a cool, deep voice which I thought worked well. And that’s about the only thing good about it. The rest of the novel is a mess. First off, it was way too long. This novel dragged, and about halfway through I just wanted it to end, and eventually gave up on it about 85% of the way through, when my interest had waned so far that I just didn’t care what happened by the end. There wasn’t a single character that I found interesting or compelling. Claire and Patrick, the two main characters, were whiny and annoying. But the worse character by far was the president of the United States, who was hell bent on eradicating lycans even though he was one of them. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, now does it? The plot was deadly dull. And even though this was a werewolf novel, none of the characters ever appear in werewolf form. The werewolves are always on screen in their human form. What’s the point of having a werewolf novel when you don’t see any actual werewolves? This is a novel that you will want to skip.
About the only thing that I can say that I remotely liked about this novel was the audiobook narration. The narrator had a cool, deep voice which I thought worked well. And that’s about the only thing good about it. The rest of the novel is a mess. First off, it was way too long. This novel dragged, and about halfway through I just wanted it to end, and eventually gave up on it about 85% of the way through, when my interest had waned so far that I just didn’t care what happened by the end. There wasn’t a single character that I found interesting or compelling. Claire and Patrick, the two main characters, were whiny and annoying. But the worse character by far was the president of the United States, who was hell bent on eradicating lycans even though he was one of them. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, now does it? The plot was deadly dull. And even though this was a werewolf novel, none of the characters ever appear in werewolf form. The werewolves are always on screen in their human form. What’s the point of having a werewolf novel when you don’t see any actual werewolves? This is a novel that you will want to skip.
No comments have been added yet.
