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There is not much in this novel I can recommend. The continuation of the Universal Monsters version of the Wolf man starts of with an elaborate shoot out and car chase, but slows down considerably for the remainder of the book, and the Wolf Man of the title is conspicuously absent from the book. Don't get me wrong, Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man of the original film is the main focus but his monsterous alter ego only appears in dream sequences and flashbacks until way past the halfway point.
Talbot is rescued from a shadowy organization, the Enclave, by an order of knight whose mission is to care for anyone afflicted with the curse of the werewolf, and throughout the novel we are subjected to Talbot meeting one bland member of the order after another. The premise of the story means that the Wolf Man is held back from harming anyone because the order ensures he is kept away from people during his transformation. Where is the horror story in that? A monster everyone is safe from.
The notion of an order of knights who have devoted their lives to helping werewolves is a little daft. I wonder what this order does when there is no wolf man around to care for; and why would such a large organization be needed to care for one or two individuals afflicted with the curse, a very small scale cause indeed. Wouldn't such a benevolent organization better serve mankind by trying to end poverty or bring about world peace?
You'll find an answer to this at the end, but only if you can labor through 200 pages of Talbot wandering around a castle wondering what to do with himself.
The absence of the Wolf Man from his own book as well as the lack of any immediate threat makes for a dull read, even though some dream sequences peppered throughout the book do pick things up here and there, just not enough to warrant reading a 240 page novel. The overall feel and concept of the book are more suitable for a poorly conceived mid 1990's television series pilot, not a pulpy werewolf story from the 1940s. Its like author Michael Jan Friedman didn't konw what to do with this story and forgot to make it fun.
Hopefully Dark Horse will continue the Wolf Man series, but in a direction more in keeping with the source material and with a diffiernt writer more intune with the pulpy vibes we should have seen in this book.
I would ignore this misfire and recommend reading another entry in the same series, the highly enjoyable Shadow of Frankenstein by Stefan Petrucha, instead.


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The Wolf Man Hunters Moon Kentaro Miura 0761568107739 Books Reviews

I had high hopes for this novel. The Wolf Man is my second-favorite of the Classic Universal Monsters, and the tragic Larry Talbot always made for interesting watching. Add to the mix New York Times bestselling author Michael Jan Friedman, and we should have been in for a real treat.

Sadly, this isn't the case here. The pacing is too slow, and the characters and the story are kind of hollow. As in the movie HOUSE OF DRACULA, Talbot's scenes as the Wolf Man are limited, and, in a bid to make him a more sympathetic hero, lacking any of the horror present in the other Wolf Man movies. If readers are expecting scenes of the Wolf Man stalking and killing people under the light of the full moon, they won't be found here. What's worse is the convenient, deus ex machina ending, surprising for Friedman, a writer who is capable of, and who has produced, much better work.

Continuity with the Universal Horror Films that inspired this Dark Horse series has been hit-or-miss from novel to novel, and the Wolf Man book is on the lower end, ignoring all films in the series except the original.

Far from what it could have been.
As a lover of the original Wolfman movie, this book was a huge disappointment and did not do justice to the source material or the werewolf genre. Boring!
A slick piece of work to pick up eight years where the 1941 classic movie left off. Lawrence Talbot gets taken to a facility who know of his lycanthropy & kept there to keep himself from harming/killing others. But is his refuge really a safe one, or is there some dark secret that even the Wolf Man can't defeat? While I wish the title creature showed up a little more frequently in the story, it does still capture the mood & feeling that made the original movie so unforgettable. And only Lon Chaney Jr.'s voice was in my head when I read all of Talbot's lines. Definitely worth a read!
When I saw this book available I was very excited to purchase it. In fact I bought most of the new sequels of the Universal Studios Monsters, and this particular book wasn't available at the time I ordered them all, it was on back order and I had to wait about a month or so until it arrived. This being the one I wanted most of all, being a life-long fan of The Wolfman. When I finally got it, I started reading and the story started kind of slow and boring, so I put it down. (unfortunately if a book doesn't grab me from the begining I usually never finish it) Well, finding myself withh nothing to read, I picked it up again and read it all the way through even though I figured the whole story out about halfway through. I found myself hoping I would finish it just to get it over with. My biggest problem with this story is that it takes place 8 years after the original Wolfman and Lawrence Talbot is rescued from the Family tomb by a group of people sworn to protect The Wolfman. Well, this is my problem, in The Universal Monsters Universe, The Wolfman came back after the original story 4 years after his death and so was born the movie Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman after that film was House of Frankenstein, then came House of Dracula and last but not least Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. This story interferes with these films, it's like they never existed! Which bothers a guy like me that loves all these films. It's beyond me how Universal Studios even let this book happen, like no one at the Studios even cared. I wouldn't have minded as much if the story was good or action packed, but it lacked everything good about the Wolfman. If you want to read a good book that continues where Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ended read The Return of The Wolfman by Jeff Rovin which includes all the monsters. A much better story, unfortunately I think the Author of this book, Michael Jan Friedman, has written too many books and isn't coming up with good fresh stories anymore. Sorry, Mr. Friedman, that's just my opinion, but if you can't trust the true, die hard fans, who can you trust?
There is not much in this novel I can recommend. The continuation of the Universal Monsters version of the Wolf man starts of with an elaborate shoot out and car chase, but slows down considerably for the remainder of the book, and the Wolf Man of the title is conspicuously absent from the book. Don't get me wrong, Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man of the original film is the main focus but his monsterous alter ego only appears in dream sequences and flashbacks until way past the halfway point.
Talbot is rescued from a shadowy organization, the Enclave, by an order of knight whose mission is to care for anyone afflicted with the curse of the werewolf, and throughout the novel we are subjected to Talbot meeting one bland member of the order after another. The premise of the story means that the Wolf Man is held back from harming anyone because the order ensures he is kept away from people during his transformation. Where is the horror story in that? A monster everyone is safe from.
The notion of an order of knights who have devoted their lives to helping werewolves is a little daft. I wonder what this order does when there is no wolf man around to care for; and why would such a large organization be needed to care for one or two individuals afflicted with the curse, a very small scale cause indeed. Wouldn't such a benevolent organization better serve mankind by trying to end poverty or bring about world peace?
You'll find an answer to this at the end, but only if you can labor through 200 pages of Talbot wandering around a castle wondering what to do with himself.
The absence of the Wolf Man from his own book as well as the lack of any immediate threat makes for a dull read, even though some dream sequences peppered throughout the book do pick things up here and there, just not enough to warrant reading a 240 page novel. The overall feel and concept of the book are more suitable for a poorly conceived mid 1990's television series pilot, not a pulpy werewolf story from the 1940s. Its like author Michael Jan Friedman didn't konw what to do with this story and forgot to make it fun.
Hopefully Dark Horse will continue the Wolf Man series, but in a direction more in keeping with the source material and with a diffiernt writer more intune with the pulpy vibes we should have seen in this book.
I would ignore this misfire and recommend reading another entry in the same series, the highly enjoyable Shadow of Frankenstein by Stefan Petrucha, instead.