The Singapore Werewolf by Thomas Mackay King
Review by Deb
Please note that I didn't read this book in the flesh, so to speak, but via a kindle.
This story starts with a shy young man doing his annual National Service for Singapore in Western Australia. It is there where he experiences a complete personality change following a dingo bite. It follows the sorry young man back to his home town of Singapore and then around Bangkok and Thailand.
This story was engrossing and enjoyable, if a little predictable and perhaps a bit graphic in the gory parts for some people. However, the lack of punctuation and spelling mistakes in a lot of the passages did detract somewhat what the overall storyline. It certainly made it harder to read it quickly, but it also gave the writing a very hurried and fast paced impression. I think I would give this 3 out of 5 stars. I didn't see anything in this book that blew me away, or even made me raise my eyebrows, it was nothing new but I did enjoy reading it. I'm not completely convinced that I would look out for other books by this author to buy to read, but then I wouldn't ignore them if they wrote about a topic that tickled my fancy.
Full length Novel
Kindle Only
No longer available to the UK
Please note that I didn't read this book in the flesh, so to speak, but via a kindle.
This story starts with a shy young man doing his annual National Service for Singapore in Western Australia. It is there where he experiences a complete personality change following a dingo bite. It follows the sorry young man back to his home town of Singapore and then around Bangkok and Thailand.
This story was engrossing and enjoyable, if a little predictable and perhaps a bit graphic in the gory parts for some people. However, the lack of punctuation and spelling mistakes in a lot of the passages did detract somewhat what the overall storyline. It certainly made it harder to read it quickly, but it also gave the writing a very hurried and fast paced impression. I think I would give this 3 out of 5 stars. I didn't see anything in this book that blew me away, or even made me raise my eyebrows, it was nothing new but I did enjoy reading it. I'm not completely convinced that I would look out for other books by this author to buy to read, but then I wouldn't ignore them if they wrote about a topic that tickled my fancy.
Full length Novel
Kindle Only
No longer available to the UK
A Singapore Werewolf by Thomas Mackay King
Review by Claire
What can I say? I loved the way that the life of Jacky Wu before and after his bite were integrated into the story. I was a little surprised at the method however, it worked for me.
The idea of “blood-lust” depicts an urge so unbearably powerful that it brings about amnesia from the evening before. Some small bits I found unbelievable but quickly pushed those to one side, after all, we are reading about werewolves aren't we.
I felt the ending could have been written a little better as the momentum through the rest of the story was aiming for a huge finale which failed to happen leaving me hanging and more than a little disappointed.
All-in-all, not a bad read, a definite alternative to the twilight saga
Kindle Only
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Singapore-Werewolf-ebook/dp/B0075DZI2A
What can I say? I loved the way that the life of Jacky Wu before and after his bite were integrated into the story. I was a little surprised at the method however, it worked for me.
The idea of “blood-lust” depicts an urge so unbearably powerful that it brings about amnesia from the evening before. Some small bits I found unbelievable but quickly pushed those to one side, after all, we are reading about werewolves aren't we.
I felt the ending could have been written a little better as the momentum through the rest of the story was aiming for a huge finale which failed to happen leaving me hanging and more than a little disappointed.
All-in-all, not a bad read, a definite alternative to the twilight saga
Kindle Only
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Singapore-Werewolf-ebook/dp/B0075DZI2A