Werewolves

by Nigel Suckling

Open these pages and you can practically hear these savage night creatures howling at the moon! But how did a belief in werewolves originate? What ancient tales fed the superstition—and how do modern books and films depict this human/wolf hybrid? Do contemporary eyewitnesses to their activity exist? Nigel Suckling, a well-known author in the world of myth and fantasy, provides a fascinating introduction, with such features as “ways to recognize a werewolf” and “common causes of becoming one.”

Genres: Nonfiction, Werewolves, Paranormal, Supernatural, Reference

96 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2006

Reviews

[Grayson Wilcowski]

DNF

The stories were entertaining but the fact is it kept switching between stories and wasn’t the most consistent, it was just hard to follow along with which I’m sad about because it was interesting

[Michelle]

Good overview very interesting and a gem to have in any library

[Charles]

Lots of information packed into this little book, but it makes for rather dull reading. Suckling makes no attempt to analyze, synthesize, or contextualize the data he's collected. Aside from some of the more lurid and unusual stories (e.g., "The Rotenburg Cannibal"), there's not much here that's memorable.

[Svetlana]

Known and a unknown stories collected by the author in such small book. I feel that the author did not make any writing effort to engage the readers.
The reading is dry and not so enjoyable. 2.5 ⭐️

[Sam]

This is a fantastic little book that is crammed with lots of little tid-bits all about Werewolves, both real and fictional. Set out so it can be read as a whole or used for references Suckling delves deep behind the myth of the Werewolf to give its origins, its realities and the legends that have grown around them, and a little of why they aren't quite as popular as Vampires or Witches. Personally there were bits where I just wanted more both as a result of the intriguing subject matter and of Suckling's superb writing. Overall a brilliant little book whether for general interest or reference purposes.

[October]

It's a small book, but it's information dense--and, I should mention, a lot more accurate than most folklore books I've read over the past few years! A lot of the information is what could be considered 'common knowledge,' but there were stories (normally in the inserts) that were a bit more obscure. I picked it up at Half-Price Bookstore in Columbus, and it was definitely worth the price I paid (and would be worth the original sales price, no doubt).

[Townes v. Z.]

This book was an extremely informative book, as far as literature on mythological creatures go. It is a compilation of quotes, tales and truths(?) about werewolves and it's written in a throw-back way that makes it seem as if you're about to be tossed into a Grimms fairytale.

[Louise Loughran]

I got the three books for £1.25 in a charity shop and honestly the best buy ever I have enjoyed the information despite getting a bit overloaded with info but I love them and am looking to read more of his books

[Izzy]

This book had a very good overview of werewolves. It has little snippets having to do with werewolves. I first read this book then looked up more information on the stories I wanted to know more about. Overall a very good source for all things werewolf!