What's the book about?
Beth
Lowe is an entomology professor in Hemingway, Pennsylvania. She has recently
adopted her niece Lizzie since her sister died. Lizzie is having a bit of a
trouble adapting and in order to smooth things out Beth gets her a dog,
Flapjack. However after a couple of weeks the dog is attacked and viciously
hurt. After this attack Flapjack's behaviour and appearance changes gradually
but surely. At the same time weird cattle attacks take place in the little town
of Hemingway.
What
was different of this book?
This was a fast fun read. What I
would say was very different for me was the fact that while reading this book I
had the clear feeling of watching a TV movie. Kind off what I think a horror
movie made by Hallmark would look like. The imagery was very vivid but the
development of the story as well as the dialogs seemed somehow straight out of
a script.
What
about the main character?
I'm not sure if Beth was the main
character but let's take her as the main thread that unifies the story. I liked
her at first, she is a scientist, so I felt easy empathy for her. She is doing
her best to be Lizzie's mom. Is not that I stopped liking her but the whole
relationship that develops in less than a month was so rushed that I started
wondering what happened to the character I thought existed at first. I think
this is the reason I had the Hallmark feeling all along.
The
10% moment
By this time Flapjack was bitten and
Beth is starting to get the feeling he is not completely fine. There has been
hints to the fact that behind the pack of wolves there is more than just your
typical "werewolf" story.
Final
thoughts
It was a fun read and a fast one for
that matter. Once again I have the feeling that I was reading a movie. I
enjoyed the fact that the story was well researched; some of the legends
involve were new to me and the scientific in me couldn't help but to double
check: everything added up. However, I don't think it was that different to a
regular werewolf story.
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