Wolffile

by Jack Woods

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Genres: Horror, Werewolves, Fiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

Reviews

[Deviancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite the lame title, this book is a favorite. The story involves a doctor who moves to a small island, he decies to live in the home that was once owned by his parents. The island is filled with interesting characters, most of whom are well off and somewhat holier than though, except for the main characters cousin.

Things start to get interesting once bodies start showing up. The book has some disturbing elements as far as just how vicious the werewolf is in the story, but every werewolf fan should check this one out. It totally is superior to the newer romantic werewolf books that are out there these days.

[Wayne · Rating 1 out of 5]

A pretty bland and dull werewolf novel. There is not much in here to like if you enjoy a nice horror, wolf-man book. The author paints a very drab picture. His narrative is rather uninteresting. His characters are lacking. Even his scene setting put me to sleep. A lot of the time I was reading this and just zoned out. Lycanthropy of the dismal degree.

[Danni Bowen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I debated on what to give this one. I went back and forth between 2.5 (or 2 here) and 3 stars. I liked the book up until the last, I'd say about, 50 pages. Then something happened which was like aww, but then the reaction to this happening was like WTF?! It contradicted what we were being told up until that point and then I was like did I Forking miss something? I even went back and re-read what I read before and I really don't think I read it wrong. So WTF author? It seriously annoyed me. Though, up until this point, I enjoyed the book. Even though the love was kinda insta-love I still liked the relationship. There were a few other things I felt like were brought up and then dropped, but I kind of forgot exactly what those were so I'm not that bothered.

Also, one more thing, if you don't want someone to guess your "twists" (yes that second S is on purpose) then don't give it away within the first few pages.

[Derek Wall · Rating 2 out of 5]

On the surface the book is okay. Some of the story within is great, other times it’s abysmal. Following is a list of complaints:

1. The main characters fall in love instantly, and are completely enveloped in each other within a couple of paragraphs.

2. The ending is completely bonkers and ruins anything good built in the previous acts.

3. A very “important” character is introduced in the final act of the story that really has no rhyme or reason to exist other than to pad out the ending, and our main character falls in love with them instantly as well.

4. All the characters speak like highly educated professors at a formal work function they were forced to attend, or they are some backwoods southern Indiana hillbillies, there is really no in-between.

5. Sharks...

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very basic werewolf story with few highlights and a truly bizarre ending.

[Eliza Mila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! Terrifying and kept me hooked. One I might consider rereading again one day.

[Scott Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good insular island based werewolf yarn

Lots of blooding violence as you would expect.

[Gabrielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Other than a few scenes there isn't much going on in this. Over all disappointing.
2 stars

[Mark R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Wolffile” is an awkwardly titled novel about an island town on the east coast ravaged by mysterious animal attacks. The “animal” in question is a werewolf, and as far as werewolf stories go, Jack Woods’ book isn’t too bad. The story is somewhat routine for this sub-genre, and I’m not sure how I feel about the last-act introduction of an important character. But it’s got plenty of what one might hope for from a werewolf novel: ominous descriptions of wooded areas, graphic dismemberments, and savage local lore, told in hushed voices.

The island’s doctor has just begun a relationship with the spurned daughter of a local millionaire. The rich man’s other daughter has just been married—unfortunately the bride and groom are both attacked; one’s dead, the other missing. The doctor sets out with his new girlfriend, accompanied by an investigator of uncertain origins, to find out what kind of creature is killing the locals, and uncovers some disturbing information about the town’s founders.

Those parts of the story are particularly interesting, at the beginning and throughout, with descriptions of strange architecture and pockets of the forest rife with bad omens and history. Sometimes the narration gets a bit dense; there are details and metaphors that could have been sacrificed in order to move things along at a more reasonable pace. The werewolf mythology is well-done, however, and the violent scenes suitably gruesome.

[Nathan Crowe · Rating 1 out of 5]

garbage. aside from misspellings throughout, it was disjointed. attempts to use metaphors and descriptions to create ambiance, but it just feels cheesy and forced. 'The sound of silver bullets hit the rocks as the water dripped from its fur'. 'The branches in the trees cluttered like bones in a bag'. c'mon. it's the type of shit a 13 year old writes. course, i guess i don't know anything about the author. maybe he was 13 when he wrote it. In which case, it's pretty good and about what is expect in terms of setting the mood. the dialog is confusing. characters have accents and then don't. Some speak casually and then are suddenly overly formal like they just morphed into fucking Shakespeare. I'm glad the book was only $1.

[Jadewik · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was very repugnant... the writer had the uncanny ability throughout the novel to kill absolutely every little bit of climax that he set out to write. The rising action in some parts was very well done... but then you get to the climax and it just plain SUCKS.

Still, I liked the story idea... though, it certainly could have been executed better. Though, the end was easier to read than the beginning of the novel.

The other thing I didn't like was how the novel read like "pron". Any book that has a chick using a boat tiller "twixt her nethers" in the first chapter is a sleezy book. I've read about 7 other books since starting this one... obviously it didn't captivate me.

[Xssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

typical old fashioned werewolf novel.

[Christy Roberts · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book bored me so badly and the girl the guy loved died which blew and worse was he was killed her bc of what he was.