Walking Wolf: A Weird Western

Rating:
Summary: Move over Wild Blood... Walking Wolf is a better book..
Review: A surprisingly great book with very few downfalls. The life of Bill Skillet (Vargr) is one adventure after another... It hard to believe all he has went through in his short pretender life. I enjoyed this book a great deal more that Wild Blood. The charters and descriptions of the events around the storyline were much more interesting and entertaining. The two downfall of the book: 1. Might of had a little to much Indian history in it. 2. Book was to short.(only 181 pages). I could of read 300 pages or another book on Walking Wolf. Would highly suggest this to any fan on Horror, Werewolves, or Vampires. Give it a 5......

Rating:
Summary: Move over Wild Blood... Walking Wolf is a better book..
Review: A surprisingly great book with very few downfalls. The life of Bill Skillet (Vargr) is one adventure after another... It hard to believe all he has went through in his short pretender life. I enjoyed this book a great deal more that Wild Blood. The charters and descriptions of the events around the storyline were much more interesting and entertaining. The two downfall of the book: 1. Might of had a little to much Indian history in it. 2. Book was to short.(only 181 pages). I could of read 300 pages or another book on Walking Wolf. Would highly suggest this to any fan on Horror, Werewolves, or Vampires. Give it a 5......

Rating:
Summary: Howls pretty well... could use more bite
Review: I really wanted to like this book -- I mean what's not to like about a Native American werewolf story set in the 19th century American West? Well, I did like it some. The hero, Billy Skillet, is likeable and pretty well drawn. The horror elements are not too graphic yet still a bit out-there. There's a lot of quirky humor in the book. On the other hand, the book should have been about 50 pages longer. It seems short, and I wanted more detail on some of the other characters and a little more suspense in the conflict between Billy and the hunter who is after him. There's also one stretch where the author describes some of the historical detail leading up to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, and the novel's voice shifts from folksy to more academic. That was a bit jarring. The text could have used a little more editing, because there were a few typos that never should have seen the light of day. Overall, I enjoyed the book with some reservations. Readers who like alternative takes on the werewolf theme may well like Walking Wolf.

Rating:
Summary: Howls pretty well... could use more bite
Review: I really wanted to like this book -- I mean what's not to like about a Native American werewolf story set in the 19th century American West? Well, I did like it some. The hero, Billy Skillet, is likeable and pretty well drawn. The horror elements are not too graphic yet still a bit out-there. There's a lot of quirky humor in the book. On the other hand, the book should have been about 50 pages longer. It seems short, and I wanted more detail on some of the other characters and a little more suspense in the conflict between Billy and the hunter who is after him. There's also one stretch where the author describes some of the historical detail leading up to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, and the novel's voice shifts from folksy to more academic. That was a bit jarring. The text could have used a little more editing, because there were a few typos that never should have seen the light of day. Overall, I enjoyed the book with some reservations. Readers who like alternative takes on the werewolf theme may well like Walking Wolf.