Werewolf Max and the Midnight Zombies
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
How can you be the hero... if you're the monster?
After a late-night encounter with a werewolf, Max finds himself thrust into a frightening world he never knew existed.
Mysterious and powerful banshees, fierce and terrible werewolves, and mobs of mindless zombies lurk in the dark. Max must fight the dangers that threaten his home...
But can he defeat the monster within himself?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A fateful night introduces fourth grader Max to the world of zombie-fighting werewolves in Davenport's engaging debut. En route home from his friend Tim's house on the night of a full moon, Max gets bitten by a "big and hairy" creature with "glowing red eyes." When his wounds heal mysteriously by the next morning, he realizes strange things are afoot. Slowly, Max discovers that he's becoming stronger and faster as well as more volatile. The night of the next full moon, he changes into a werewolf. Prowling the woods, he meets seven other werewolves, led by Peter and the wolf that bit him Tim. With his new pack, Max sets out to control his people-eating urges and thwart the continuous zombie attacks spurred by a trio of banshee necromancers. Mann's grayscale, cartoon-style illustrations give the characters' emotions immediacy. Though Max and Tim seem older than their age, character development is slim, and squeamish readers may want to steer clear (plenty of zombies are bloodily dismembered), Davenport's supernatural series starter has solid pacing and accessible language, with positive messages about teamwork, friendship, and fighting for family. Ages 8 12. (Self-published)
Customer Reviews
My frustrations
I’ve only read a few chapters, but I already have mixed emotions. The book has definitely had one surprise that intrigues my interest. However the book while the author has good ideas, it does not express them well.
For example, instead of writing, “Max was scared. Max was mad. Max couldn’t think clearly at all,” a better way is, “Max was scared and mad. He couldn’t think clearly at all.” The message is the same either way, but it flows better in the second way.
Also the book says “Werewolf Max”. without even quiet confirming Max is a werewolf. The book just has hints and a cover page that helps the reader understand. One chapter ends saying, “Werewolf Max jumped out of the window.” It could have said, “As Max jumped out of the window, he realized he was a werewolf.” The next Chapter could then say “Werewolf Max.”
An other problem is that when Max meets other werewolves, the book once again uses the word “werewolf” to soon. The book should have just called them wolves and then have Max figure out that they are werewolves based on their actions.
My final grievance is that werewolf brother hood and responsibility to protect humans is really cool and should not have been summed up in a few pages. It should have been a more complicated concept of Max having an ultimatum: join a pack that saves people and will help him become a better werewolf or choose to be a monster. Ultimately Max should join the pack because he wants to have friends that can help him, not just because he’s a werewolf.
I’ll continue to keep reading the book. I’m hoping that the author has more surprises a head, but I am beginning to worry that this was a waste of three dollars.