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Curse Of The Wolf Girl (2010)

by Martin Millar(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0980226058 (ISBN13: 9780980226058)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Underland Press

series

Kalix MacRinnalch

review 1: Kalix MacRinnalch just cannot catch a break. Being a teenager is hard enough, but being a teenager with an eating disorder, a drug problem, struggles with depression and then the fact that she has werewolf clans trying to hunt her down and a clan of crazy werewolf hunters as well. Then there's friendships and family drama to deal with. No wonder Kalix is a little nuts.There is something a little absurd about Millars world and the characters with in it but at the same time, even when they are running around, talking crazy, fighting over shoes, or boys or even fighting for their lives, there is a reality about them that I love. You cannot help but adore each and every single one of them. They might be put into crazy and fantastic situations, but they feel real emotions, have... more real doubts. There is something magical about the way Millar is able to take this idiosyncratic group of people and put them in situations and create something fun, entertaining, and sometimes down right hilarious. But that doesn't mean that there isn't depth to the story. As much as I find myself laughing, I find myself feeling so many other things - happiness, relief, grief, pity, anger, frustration. I find myself routing for certain characters and hoping for others demise.Kalix is her usual perplexing and slightly frustrating self and as always, Moonglow and Daniel are constantly trying to heal and unravel the mess that is her life. Her family are a bunch of nut jobs, her sister is her usual self-centred self and the Fire Queen is only worried about being the best dressed and keeping her niece from embarrassing her. As usual. We see more of the super rational Dominil, the crazy drunk rock star twin cousins and all the other sometimes furry people that make this story so great.This book - no this series - is one of the most complex, mind boggling, and entertaining reads I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I can't say much about the story without giving everything away but just know that Curse of the Wolf Girl is a phenomenal follow up to its predecessor and will have you itching to get your hands on the next.
review 2: This is really a 3.5, but I couldn't bear to give it a 3!I was really excited to revist the wonderful imaginative and sometimes slightly silly world of Martin Millar. His books always have a slapdash and childlike feel to them, which form a wonderful juxtaposition to the violence, sex, alcohol and drug abuse and cynicism surrounding most of his characters.The Wolf Girl books have a great range of characters, all both completely flawed and oblivious to their flaws in their own ways. I love them all, especially Malveria the Fire Queen, with her self obessession with fashion - the story developed for her in this novel is one of my favourtites to date.The only unfortunate thing I've found so far with this series is the main character Kalix. In a way it is great that she is so different from the many strong energies surrounding her, but I find her character a little too much to handle at times. Kalix is a mess and seems that she always will be, but I find myself getting repeatedly angry that she doesn't sort herself out and is such a moaning depressant most of the time. These books are quite large and I tend to fly through them, apart from when I hit the chapters directly involving Kalix. Then I almost feel that I've lost the energy myself to deal with wading through her constant termoil of emotions.Depsite this, I am very excited that there are still more morsals of Wolf Girl to get my teeth into and I thoroughly look forward to finding out if, one day, Kalix might cheer up. I may just have a valium on hand when reading the next installment :) less

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