The Wehrwolf

by Alma Katsu

A nation that put children in harm’s way while its leaders cowered in bunkers had already lost; it just wouldn’t admit it.

Good line

was a huge black wolf. The wolf stood on its hind legs like a man,

Oh foreshadowing

Wild things were beautiful; maybe their wildness was their beauty, the knowledge that you could never possess them.

❤️

When people felt threatened, they were happy there was someone to protect them.

Truth

Initiation? Uwe was taken aback. “Is

Oh are they the wolves??

“Look, there are two kinds of men in the world. One kind takes responsibility for the things he’s done, both the good and—more importantly—the bad. The other kind always blames his misfortune on someone else. It’s never his fault when his crops fail or his wife leaves him.”

Werwolf.

👀

A wolf belt. The words popped into Uwe’s mind. He couldn’t bring himself to answer Jurgen. Because werewolves don’t exist.

Oh it's all coming together now

part of a clique at school.

This feels very modern rather than 1940s Germany

“I convinced Jurgen Jäger that it was his patriotic duty to turn any man who is willing into a werewolf.

Definitely don't like Hans

Elias Schafer,

Oh no, not the beekeeper

The wolf was strong, and the man was weak and ashamed of his weakness.

“Are you?” She didn’t sound like she believed him. “The man I married was kind, gentle, thoughtful. You’re not that man any longer. I can’t believe you can’t see that.”

💔

have thought twice before you opened your mouth.”

Oh no

The wolf howled, but for whom did it howl?

and my daughter.

I thought the daughter was still missing?