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Title: Hemlock Grove
Subtitle: or, The Wise Wolf
Author: Brian McGreevy
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-27-12
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 285 votes
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Publisher's Summary:
A charismatic young writer reinvents the gothic novel, bringing a fresh energy to our darkest myths and deepest horrors in an expectation-defying tale of adolescent deception, ravenous violence, and rumors of werewolves.
The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel Mill. A manhunt ensues - though the authorities arent sure if it's a man they should be looking for.
Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a foreboding biotech facility owned by the Godfrey family, where some suspect that biological experiments of the most unethical kind take place. Others turn to Peter Rumancek, a Gypsy trailer-trash kid who has told impressionable high-school classmates that hes a werewolf. Or perhaps its Roman, the son of the late JR Godfrey, who rules the adolescent social scene with the casual arrogance of a cold-blooded aristocrat, his superior status unquestioned - despite his decidedly freakish sister, Shelley, whose monstrous medical conditions belie a sweet intelligence, and his otherworldly, sexy control-freak of a mother, Olivia.
As the crime goes unsolved and the police seem more and more willing to believe any outlandish rumor, Peter and Roman decide the only way to save their own skins is to find the killer themselves. Along the way they uncover local secrets and designs that are much bigger than some small-town murder.
Hemlock Groveis an exhilarating reinvention of the gothic novel, inspired by the iconic characters of our greatest myths and nightmares. At once a riveting mystery and a fascinating revelation of the grotesque and darkness within,Hemlock Grovehas the architecture and energy to become a classic in its own right - and Brian McGreevy, the talent and ambition to enthrall us for years to come.
Brian McGreevy grew up near Pittsburgh and received his MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. Now a screenwriter who has had two screenplays featured on the best of the year Black List, he is working on an adaptation of Dracula for Leonardo DiCaprios production company. He lives in Los Angeles.
Critic Reviews:
A rare stroke of genius. Like a collaboration between Edgar Allan Poe and J. D. Salinger, this is a real emerging talent. (Philipp Meyer)
McGreevy cleverly contemporizes the gothic novel, underlining the isolations of modern-day technology and adolescence. (
Publishers Weekly)
Members Reviews:
Very similar to the TV show
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I enjoyed it, though I can see why it wouldn't appeal to some. I got the book because I had watched the show and was hoping that the book would clarify some things from the show; it did, but not the ones I was hoping for.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I don't really have a favorite character. Of them all, I dislike Shelly and Destiny the least.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Not really. The narration was probably the worst thing about this audiobook. Runnette just sounded bored most of the time.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
It's already a tv show, and I have seen it. It follows the book probably 90% of the time.
Any additional comments?
I would describe this book as hipster urban fantasy.
