Full Wolf Moon: A Novel (Jeremy Logan Series) Paperback – February 6, 2018

Utter crap, can't believe how bad this was! How could this be the same author as Deep Storm? Everything I have liked about this author's past books was missing. Even the length is more like a novella. I really don't understand how this could happen. Avoid this book at all costs unless it's free, then read it just to see for yourself. Completely predictable, boring setting, by-the-numbers plotting, clichéd elements, stupid dialogue. There is no way this should have gotten past an editor. It's a head scratcher. I have never considered this with any other book, but I want my money back.

I have read every book written by Lincoln Child (as well as those co-authored with Douglas Preston) and been a fan for the last 20+ years. I especially enjoy those in the Jeremy Logan series and eagerly await them once announced. In spite of some critical reviews for this one, I read to be entertained and that is what this book did for me. While I’m not into books with a werewolf theme, I’ll term this a semi-werewolf one, so I was not distracted. I was immediately immersed into the story with each chapter pulling me to the next. It’s written in a fast paced yet relaxed style and akin to sleuthing a mystery to its conclusion. I finished the book over a 2 day period. Whatever Lincoln Child (or with his partner) writes next, I’ll gladly read without hesitation.

Let me add the good news first. The book is well written and the characters were interesting and we spent some time getting to know them. The book moved at a steady pace and we had upstate New York described in some details and especially the mountains and deep woods. That is all positive. To me the weakness was that a little bit past the middle of the book it became very apparent who the villain was.It was just clear as a bell.Now I thought "maybe he is tricking us, there are two other characters that could be the villain. Maybe he is leading us down a primrose path and will give us a twist at the ending." But no, there was no last moment twist where you could say "I didn't see that coming."So, I enjoyed the book, and if you do not read a lot of mysteries perhaps the ending won't be so apparent to you. I read them all the time and this one had no surprises.

This book was sadly disappointing.While I used to enjoy the Preston and Child stories on the adventures of Agent Pendergast, their creativity of late seems to be on the wan.Unfortunately this is true for Lincoln Child's solo stories.Yes, the story is well written, but it's like receiving a well knitted ugly Christmas sweater.You can appreciate the quality of the construction but the product itself is not something you enjoy.

I was very disappointed in this book because I love the author and his other books. It was slow reading and the climax took forever to build. I cannot recommend this book to others unless you have no other books to read. If that's the case, take a walk outside.

Both Child and Preston are either getting tired or arrogant. This book starts with a hackneyed premise (a man-bear loose in the woods), provides stereotypical and shallow characters, and implausible situations. Worse, the nature of the beast is easily guessed once a certain character is introduced midway through. But the literary sin here is the ending which is so stupid and unbelievable that I was offended that Lincoln Child has so little respect for his readers. It is beyond boring. And that's an embarrassment.

I am giving five stars because if using a checklist of great characters, great storyline, plot with twists, holds your interest, likeable chatacters, believable, ....I can keep writing yes yes without telling you the story ...which when I review a book I do so try not to be a spoiler...I hate spoilers. BUT IT GETS A BIG YEAH BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GENETIC RESEARCH WORLD NOW.I have read Lincoln Child books for years...so if you have you are some what prepared for the reading ride. I like the timing and chair he puts you in allows you to settle in, forget the outside world, allow what is happening to become alive and intriguing. In this book he uses the trappings of two modified real medical conditions, certain scietific facts, and puts them all in a DNA sequencer to make a new breakfast power drink (joke).The reason of plausibility goes with my peanut butter sandwich and coffee is that I am also familiar with a rare genetic disease that geneticists have been trying since the 1980s to find a cure. Lots of animals and a person died in clinical trials. While other volunteers have gotten sick when other ideas to alter DNA, RNA, or MtNA may have become ill and trials were willingly or forced to end. They thought this disorder would be easy to fix. It would be stepping stone in ideas for others.So all around your private lives where ads bombard you to use stem cells to fix your joints...do you really think about the long term consequences and what actually goes on in the back room of the lab. I am sure most are honest so they keep their license. But there are always those who must cross frontier lines in order to save lives. Without this there wouldhave been no vaccines for polio, syphillis, typhoid, measles, some cancers and onward we march.This is why I could sit and believe this story possible. I have not personally seen lab failures but they occur. But right now outside the US there are doctors swearing they are near or have done head transplants. That scares the bejeezers out of me.I have not read any of the Jeremy Logan series but I will say this to scare you and me...could something like this happen if there were not bioethical committies around the world? Well they must know something that Childs eludes to....several of the largest groups (just recently) have approached their governments for a group moritorium (sp) in regards to certain types of genetic modifications...because more studies need to be done to understand what can happen without the correct full circle and ethical planning. I have not seen a published response---am sure this is such a hot potato.Lincoln Child's fact and fiction tossed salad, makes you think, causes you to ask do you really know what is going on when you keep asking for cures, at the end Childs maybe helps give weight to the scientists requests if there are problems we don't know about..about bacteria, viruses, and genetic modifications to food and our body modifications. Did Mr. Childs have foresight into what the scientists are asking for the brakes to be put on? If so this book is really really scarey. Ask yourself after reading this book if you sold your DNA to a company that is selling it out the back door...what are you creating?

Firstly just to say, I'm a big fan of P&C and have read most of Lincoln Child's solo work and find them all incredibly enjoyable. I'd been really looking forward to reading this one and was surprised before starting to see it had received some fairly lukewarm reviews. Having just finished it within the last few minutes, I can only go with my gut and say i understand where some people may have been coming from. As always, the style of writing is engaging, draws the reader in and paints an evocative image in the mind with regards to setting\location (something i find LC exceptionally good at) However, going back to my 'gut', the story felt a bit too thin in parts this time round, a couple of the characters in particular really did stretch the imagination beyond the pale and the last 20-25 pages felt rushed to me. As always, a grounding in known science gets the science fiction twist which adds gravitas and credibility to the story\plot (this is always to me what makes Lincoln's work stand out) it's just on this occasion, reflecting on the book as a whole, the book felt a bit short\rushed and as previously eluded to, the pacing towards the end felt a bit off kilter to the first half's set up and just not up to the usual standard. Having said all this, it's still a page turner, I still had fun with it and will still be eager as ever to read more of Lincoln Child. And now, with that, it's time to start "City of Endless Night" :)

Yet another sub par novel from Lincoln Child. Much like the quality of his recent collaborations with Douglas Preston I long for the quality and depth of The Relic, The Ice Limit (not the awful sequel) and Tyrannosaur Canyon. I remain an avid fan of both authors individually and collectively but more for past glories than many efforts of late.

Unfourtunately this latest book from one of my favourite authors was a real let down.I found it thinly plotted and lacking in any real engagement with the charcters.The largest disappointment was the complete lack of a real atmosphere.This could have been so much better.

A bit short so I've removed a star for that. This must be one of the earlier books in the series as the plot is far simpler, but it cracks on at a nice pace and finishes with a reasonably satisfying ending.

Lincoln Child has a formula. If, like me, you are a fan of his previous books then this one will not disappoint - great locations, mysterious characters and an intriguing puzzle to wrap it all together. Personally I really enjoyed Full Wolf Moon, it was a good, standard Lincoln Child mystery.Certainly recommended.

I love this series. Please write more!

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Dr. Jeremy Logan ist in erster Linie als Enigmalogist bekannt und hat sich vor Kurzem in Schottland noch mit der Suche nach dem Loch Ness-Monster auseinander gesetzt. Nun hat er sich seiner ur-sprünglichen Ausbildung als Historiker zugewandt und möchte in einem Schreiber- und Künstlerrückzugsgebiet in den Adironback Bergen ein Buch über mittelalterliche Geschichte zu Ende bringen. Alle dort Anwesenden sind dort, um aus dem Licht der Öffentlichkeit zu kommen und in Ruhe arbeiten zu können. Deswegen ist der Leiter der Anlage ein wenig nervös als Dr. Logan kommt – insbesondere, nachdem ein Park Ranger, der zwei mysteriöse Morde im nahegelegenen Wildnisgebiet untersucht gebeten hat, ihn besuchen zu dürfen. Der Leiter möchte nicht die Medienaufmerksamkeit auf seine Anlage ziehen, die Dr. Logans Einsätze sonst so mit sich bringen. Was er ihm bei seiner Ankunft auch ganz deutlich macht.Die beiden Toten waren Extremwanderer, die in einem sehr abgelegenen Gebiet gefunden worden sind – und zwar auf Grund der Abgelegenheit erst nach längerer Zeit, was die forensische Untersuchung sehr unergiebig gelassen hat. Aber es scheint, als ob beide von einem sehr großen und sehr aggressiven Tier zerfetzt worden sind – was in der betreffenden Gegend für einen Bär sprechen würde. Doch Lieutenant Randall Jessup, der zuständige Rancher glaubt nicht ganz an einen Bären und er findet es aus verschiedenen Gründen seltsam, dass beide Angriffe in Vollmondnächten stattgefunden haben. Er bittet seinen alten Studienkollegen Jeremy Logan sich ein wenig umzuhören bei den Einwohnern der Gegend um der Sache von anderer Seite aus auf den Grund zu gehen.Etwas unwillig mach sich Dr. Logan ans Werk und stellt bald fest, dass eigentlich niemand der An-wohner an einen Wolf glaubt. Es gibt eine sehr alte verborgene und isoliert lebende Gemeinde im Wald, die Blakeleys, über die die Einwohner eine Menge seltsame Theorien haben – wie etwa, dass sie Lykantropen sein könnten – also Werwölfe, eine Idee, die Dr. Logan bei aller Erfahrung und Of-fenheit doch ziemlich absurd erscheint. Doch dann lernt er Dr. Laura Feverbrigde kennen, die in Angedenken an ihren vor Kurzem verstorbenen Vater an den Einflüßen des Monds auf das Verhalten forscht. Ein sehr seltsamer Zufall in diesem Zusammenhang.So weit das Tableau. Die Sache entwickelt sich wie eine etwas aufgeklärtere viktorianische Wolfs-menschgeschichte und ist als solche über weite Strecke interessant und unterhaltsam. Aber am Ende, als es um die Auflösung geht wird es unnötig actionlastig und leider genauso sentimental, wie ich es an viktorianischen Wolfsmenschgeschichten nicht mag. Nett – aber auch nicht mehr.

Werwölfe und Wissenschaft-passt das zusammen? Kann ein Geschöpf aus den Jahrhunderten tiefsten Aberglaubens heute noch existieren, oder gar reproduziert werden? Welche Rolle spielt der Vollmond dabei?Auf diese Fragen soll Lincoln Childs neuester Science-Thriller eine Antwort geben. Leider fällt sie zu knapp und voraussehbar aus, wenn auch der flotte Schreibstil eine rasante Lektüre ermöglicht. Dabei wäre allein die Psychologie der sogenannten "Hinterwäldler" ein lobendes Thema gewesen-allzu oft scheint der unermüdliche "Enigmaloge" Dr. Jeremy Logan von ihnen angewidert zu sein, was den Roman in die Nähe von filmischen Machwerken wie "Wrong Turn" bringt. Von dem Mitschöpfer eines Aloysius Pendergast hätte ich mehr erwartet..

This book presents a different theme on the science of how a werewolf could be created during a full moon. To my way of thinking, the sinister charcters presented as suspect werewolf killers were too predictable, as was the real culprit. The concept of a secret laboratory performing sinister experiments in a heavy bush setting (somewhere near Lake Placid) gave the story an authentic,eerie setting..

Not one of his better ones, but even a mediocre Lincoln Child is a good Lincoln Child. Jeremy Logan remains an intriguing protagonist. I just hope his next adventure has a little more excitement in it.

Pretty predictable. After his first 2 solo books which were superb, Lincoln Child is going downhill as a solo author. Though of course the duo of Preston & Child continue to be amongst my favourite authors