Little Women And Werewolves (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
It may be unfair to this book to say it's not good, as it may just be that this is the book where I get tired of the joke--the joke being classical literary characters coexisting with supernatural horrors. In any case, this is my least favorite I've read of the genre.The book is almost entirely made up of 3 completely different writing styles: Whole passages/chapters from the original book, plopped in intact; sections that read like they were straining towards horror porn; and the bridging text, which was like Cliff's Notes summaries of the intervening events.Ultimately, I think the appeal of these sorts of books is supposed to be the contradiction between the structured and mannered past system of behavior the characters need to follow, and the violent survival skills they have to display to keep alive to carry out the plot. In this book, the characters were altered to the point where the distinct contrast was lost and they no longer really resembled the originals. If you can be ok with the idea of the Little Women fantasizing about rolling around naked in blood and having it licked off by werewolves, then maybe this could be the book for you. Personally, I can't get behind it. Somehow it seemed to take a long time to get through the first half even though I kept turning pages. But still, I got through in under a week so I am happy. I liked it and it was interesting that at least the March family does not consider them as this evilness that must be done away with. But I think that take would have changed the natures of the characters too much. It is a bit annoying that the mother is always calm and patient and has the answer to everything. Because this mom is sure not always like that. But that's not something that Porter Grand added. I suppose I would like to know a bit more about how the lower-class werewolves function since this really focuses on the upper-class. I don't think they actually introduce any lower-class werewolves, just keep mentioning that the lower-class are more often accused and killed. I am now not sure that I have actually read Little Women. Maybe it was just a longer time ago than I thought. Perhaps if I re-read it sometime I shall miss the werewolf thread, there may not be enough drama without it.
What do You think about Little Women And Werewolves (2010)?
It wasn't as good as Pride and Predjudice and Zombies. I guess we can't be perfect all the time.
—marasicaru
What a strange, strange book........it was the Little Women story but with werewolves!!
—xubeeaa
Definitely makes a more interesting read than the original...
—hockeystar123
