Werewolves and Other Shapeshifters in Popular Culture: A Thematic Analysis of Recent Depictions (Paperback)

from Violeten

I like it well enough, it has good information. However, it still reads like a thesis and I wish the author would have zazzed it up a little and made it more exciting.

from bookwormgeek

As with most of the other reviewers, my biggest gripe with the book is the fact that it's focus is almost entirely on YA literature. Since the book originated as a doctoral thesis I also felt like the texts selected were chosen primarily because they helped proved the author's basic thesis. That ...

from benuathanasia

I liked it well enough, but it's definitely not for those with a casual interest in the subject. My biggest gripe with this book is that probably about 2/3 of it is massive summaries of the books it's talking about (including MANY spoilers). The analysis was all very interesting and presented man...

from starrywisdom

Though this book is well enough written it is mostly an extension of the authors' doctoral thesis and because of that is rather dry. The largest problem I have with this work is that it is centered around an analysis of YA literature and not popular culture as a whole. As such it make constant re...

from seongeona

I realize a work like this has to limit the number of works under discussion & so the conclusions made under each topic aren't really firm. Had the authors stuck w/ just one topic, adolescence for example, the work would have been far more satisfying . As others noted, there was too much descript...