The Complete Idiot's Guide to Werewolves

by Nathan Robert Brown

Rare book

Genres: Werewolves, Nonfiction, Supernatural

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2009

About the author

Nathan Robert Brown (1977-present) is an author, pop culture mythologist, and technical writer from Texas, currently residing in Florida. He received the 2009 Harry Brown Award for 'The Rape of Lilith.' Nathan has done extensive research in world mythology, folklore, urban legends, ancient civilizations, and world religions, and is an expert on trinities/tripartite systems and universal themes in myth, religion, mysticism, and pop culture. He is the author of many books, such as The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology, World Religions at Your Fingertips, The Mythology of Supernatural, and The Mythology of Grimm.

Reviews

[Tina]

My Review

Are you a fan of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse books? When you watch/read the Twilight series, do you like Jacob better than Edward? Does the full moon make your hair curl?

If you said yes to any of the above questions, you may want to take a look at The Complete Idiot's Guide to Werewolves by Nathan Robert Brown. This book covers many areas of werewolf culture, from their mythology and historical werewolf trials, to werewolf videogames and movies. The writing style is quite tongue-in-cheek, and the book is filled with bite-sized trivia. Each chapter finishes with a series of highlights called "The Least You Need to Know". One section that readers really might enjoy is Chapter 15: "Once Bitten.... Then What?", which describes the life of a typical werewolf in such a matter-of-fact way that I feel the author had a really good laugh while writing it.

My Notes

I picked this book up since I am fascinated by reading social/cultural histories and I really enjoyed the Harry Potter books (Remus Lupin was a really sympathetic character). I hadn't realized that werewolves had quite such a long and complicated background. After reading the table of contents, I was BITTEN and had to read it.

[Regina Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was fun read, to the point. Hand cramped up from writing notes and idea on this book. I think fun part of research this book would make.

[Bill Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Idiot’s Guides. Always a great light read to learn different concepts or ideas. This book was no exception.

[Susan Jo Grassi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very thorough book about Werewolves. I believe in ghosts but have never really given much thought to the existence of Werewolves or Vampires. I think I'll stay home during a full moon from now on.