Blood Snarl

by Ivor Watkins

paperback

Genres: Horror, Fiction

347 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Freezing conditions bring packs of hungry wolves looking for food to the villages. A taste of human flesh causes the wolves into a frenzy. Well written and some good kills but I wanted more time with the pack and more gore.

[Derek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ehh. A fun little man vs nature book, but could’ve been so much better. The characters weren’t very well developed, and there were plot points that just seemed to go nowhere. The wolves however were the real stars of the show, and the book was at it’s best when they were on scene. Still, a good read for a cold winter night when the snow is piling up and the wind howls like a wolf.

[WolfLover · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst books I’ve ever read, with a strong anti-conservation message that’s deplorable in this day and age. The story in a nutshell: wolves are reintroduced to Scotland, and immediately begin slaughtering people. The author clearly doesn’t know the first thing about wolves – they are portrayed as mindlessly bloodthirsty monsters, ravenous for human flesh. Since no real animal would behave in such a ridiculously vicious fashion, I suggest that if you must read this (and I strongly recommend you don’t), substitute “wolves” for “Hell-hounds” in your mind and imagine they came through a portal from Hell. There’s no other explanation for such ludicrous savagery.

[Famine · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF.

Pretty bad. I gave up 8% into it. Like other horrors of its time, it's pathetic with silly & obsessive attentions on each woman's figure, clothes, bad attitudes, lust from the likewise big strong macho men who never did wrong.

Even so far as the author forcing women allusions and comparisons to the weather, animals, etc. like the reader might for a moment forget that women exist.

Besides all that dull, sexist filler, there's equal focus on politics and the big bad government. It's a very lazy, dull book. I couldn't be bothered.

It read like every other 79s-80s cheap horror trying to bank on amateur erotica and nature being 'evil'.

[Belinda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not something that I would normally pick, but not too bad. There were bits that I had to skip as they were a bit gory, but overall an interesting read while I was incapacitated with a sore back.

[Scott Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was quite a prophetic book, environmental instability, governments in crisis, flu pandemic (covid anyone), pressure from eco groups and oil groups

It's a bit ponderous in places but the scenes with the wolves are well done

[Theman · Rating 5 out of 5]

felt like I was there and liked the message it gave