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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780843958201
ISBN number: 0843958200
Label: Leisure Books
Manufacturer: Leisure Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 342
Printing Date: 2008-04
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I love werewolf books myself and was excited, like others to read this new novel. However, after being described every woman in way too much detail with emphasis on if they are fat, getting fat, or could get fat and who was sleeping with who and only 2 scenes of actual werewolf (this in the 1st 100 pages), I was rather disgusted. I enjoy werewolf books and expect blood and guts and sex, but really is everyone fat in this author's world. I guess it just kept getting repeated I had trouble following the story with all the detail. I was not happy with this werewolf novel and don't recommend it.
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but wasn't. I'm a BIG fan of werewolf novels, and I expected Garton's take to be excellent...but I felt a bit let down. To me the book seemed very rushed and the typo's were extremely annoying. It was a decent way to pass a few hours, but I can't recommend it for a werewolf nut like myself.
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This is a good book. If you like cheap and sleazy werewolf storys (like I do) then you'll like this.
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In a sleepy little town, evil is bubbling beneath the surface, waiting to erupt. Women are getting violently raped, dead bodies are rising from their slabs in the morgue to walk out, vicious murders are taking place, and strange creatures, resembling large wolves are stalking the darkening abyss of the night.
Meanwhile, a man named Daniel Fargo has the answer to the riddle; he understands that what the sleepy town of Big Rock is against isn't man made carnage, but something of the supernatural. Yes, Virginia, werewolves do exist. Now it's a race against time as the enigmatic Fargo tracks down the beasts, waiting for the day he might avenge himself. But, he's going to need help. In order to destroy the evil that lurks in the night, he must confide in the ever skeptical sheriff Arlin Hurley. However, Hurley is loath to believe the truth behind the myth and as he disregards Fargo, the murders persist. What will happen to Big Rock if the werewolves are not contained? What will become of our world as their evil seed spreads? Welcome to Big Rock --- population decreasing.
The wonderful world of Ray Garton's self styled horror is back in full force. The usual emphasis on sex, violence, and gory death has not been overturned in favor of the lighter side, but has darkened over the years, presenting the latest Garton, Ravenous with a bleak atmosphere complemented by the description of ever present drizzling rain, cold dark woods, and creaky abandoned houses festooned with mummified corpses. The ceaseless violence and mayhem begin immediately, never allowing the reader to awaken from the nightmare, never giving pause in the tale for a respite. Indeed, Garton has increased his love of mutilation and gore, presenting some scenes that are just too melancholy for modern audiences. For instance, the werewolves are not prey to discrimination as they happily feast on pregnant women and innocent children. Yes Garton, we want the violence, but not the sadness. This time, the horror genre has simply gone too far. Get depressed.
Garton's writing style is conducive to the atmosphere of dread, describing the scenes in vivid detail, entwining the language of horror with the emotions of the characters and the never ending hunger of a beast from legend. Garton chooses to allow his characters to narrate, alternating chapters between the protagonists and villains, giving each a distinctive voice and aura. This is perhaps one of the greatest elements in the story's success, since the language allows the tale to truly come to life, engulfing the reader in a story, that while unrealistic, is more than believable once the vivid language starts to paint a scene of death.
The characters are also a bleak lot, falling into yawning chasms of depression. They act appropriately horrified, saddened, and disgusted, making them become human. Garton even threw in a genuine love story that brings two characters vibrantly alive and grants the audience a much needed dose of sentimentality, allowing these specific characters to become central to the unfolding drama and gain our hearts along the way. Hurley, the disbelieving sheriff also proves to be a likeable, albeit short sited protagonist. Since most of the drama is told through his perspective we get to know and love Hurley as well making him a central character in our circle of protagonists.
However, despite the few characters mentioned above, most of the personalities in this novel only serve a meager purpose: future werewolf chow. Yes folks, they are there to get eaten over the course of several pages and their screams are intended to drag more sleepy eyed werewolf chow from their surprisingly insecure homes. The secondary characters are not totally devoid of humanity, and we, the collective audience, are still able to light the spark of empathy for them. The reader just wishes that before they were eaten, we could get to know them a little better. The human element is not missing, its just not Garton's best interpretation.
Ravenous is surprisingly imaginative in its modern retelling of the old wolf man themes. Garton, in a desperate endeavor to get sex into all of his novels, has made lycanthropy transmittable only by sexual contact and since most of his characters are surprisingly licentious, it doesn't take the virus long to spread. See, you should always practice safe sex! Likewise, the werewolves are not just monsters baying at the moon (although there is a lot of that) nor are they the sympathetic souls who chain themselves alone in a room for the protection of mankind. They are cold, hard blooded killers that tell a surprisingly good story as they are allowed to narrate their own chapters, disclosing the secret thoughts of a lycanthrope for the reader's entertainment. As with all of his tales, Garton takes an ancient legend and gives it a modern twist making the familiar take on new dimensions.
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If you have not yet read a Ray Garton book, then you are in for a treat!
Before I read this novel, Animals by John Skipp & Craig Spector was my favorite werewolf novel. . . No longer though. . .
Ray Garton has written the quintessential werewolf novel!
I have always been a fan of the hardcore, violent vampire novels - werewolf novels are generally good, yet I always preferred vampires to werewolves. However, due to this novel, Ray again has changed my preferences - the werewolves in this book could tear a vampire to shreds!! I so hope that Ray chooses to write another werewolf novel - preferably a sequel to this one!
I cannot rave enough about this book, so I am not even going to try.
It is a super fast read with great characters!!
Just go buy it and enjoy it!! You will be glad that you did!
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