The Wolfman

De: Jonathan Maberry

Narrado por: Fred Berman

The Wolfman is one of the great classics of modern horror. Now, based on the upcoming film, is a terrifying new novel written by Jonathan Maberry, based on the screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self based on a motion picture screenplay by Curt Siodmak.

Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector has come to investigate.

As Talbot pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature that stalks the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself . . . one he never imagined existed.

The rating: "R (Restricted--Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian)"

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.THE WOLFMAN Copyright © 2010 Universal Studios.

The Wolfman is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. All Rights Reserved.

©2010 THE WOLFMAN Copyright © 2010 Universal Studios (P)2010 Macmillan Audio

Fantastic Book

Great book and outstanding performance of the narrator!!! One of the best books I've listened too so far

This author is terrible

I already love the story, so all he had to do was not fuck it up, well that was too much to ask apparently. He just tried too hard. I guess he was trying to be extra poetic or something but it just came off like a student trying to woo a lit professor or something. please, tone that shit down some next time homie

It could have been a layup

Overall it was okay. I can just hope they try again with a different author. Some of the dialogue was cringe inducing.

Excellent book!! Wonderfully written!!

This adaptation of The Wolfman was in a word: PHENOMENAL!! Highly recommend to anyone interested!! I actually enjoyed this more than the movie; and I loved the movie! Seriously good read. The narrator is on-point with his timing, accents, tone of voice - all of it. And the story is beautifully written capturing every little detail and emotion.

Excellent read

Mayberry does not disappoint. Can’t wait for more from this author. He creates a new view of monsters.

so so predictable but fun

Well, I asked for it - The wolfman is well know and sure enough i could predict everything that was going ot happen before it did and normally that's ok but there just isnt enough action for it to be ok here. but its a fun, old english werewolf tale.

wolfman

it was terrific I loved the movie and audiobook, it stayed true to the story line

Dracula's Brother

This is truly the ultimate epitome of werewolf media. Maberry was the perfect author for this project. It really couldn't have been better or more iconic. It felt like reading Dracula for the first time.

Just okay

The idea of the Wolfman is a great story, in the sense that the character is wild and much can be done with it. This is an adaption of a screenplay, that was made into a movie. The reader and the language are a bit too dramatic. Maberry usually tempers that type of dramatic writing with comedy or at least light humor. Here there is none of that. It takes itself too seriously. It’s language is over the top but also repetitive. I wish he would have just written his own take or used one of the werewolf characters from another of his novels.

In the end it’s just okay. Worthy of three stars but no more than that. The reader does a good job fitting with the material, in that he too is also overdone. There are much better pieces in Maberry’s stable of novels.

Needs a better editor

"parts of the bear were bare"..."fired into the fire". Even if the writer lacks poetic flare, a thesaurus can be found for free online or at any seller of fine literature...and likley on the word processor used to write this thing. The story is entertaining enough and the performance is tolerable.