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The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group

Written by Catherine Jinks

Narrated by Grant Cartwright

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

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When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the night before, his horrified mother tells him that he was found unconscious. At Featherdale Wildlife Park. In a dingo pen. He assumes that his two best friends are somehow responsible, until the mysterious Reuben turns up, claiming that Toby has a rare and dangerous "condition." Next thing he knows, Toby finds himself involved with a strange bunch of sickly insomniacs who seem convinced that he needs their help. It's not until he's kidnapped and imprisoned that he starts to believe them-and to understand what being a paranormal monster really means.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 12, 2011
ISBN9780739385326
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Catherine Jinks

Catherine Jinks grew up in Papua New Guinea and now resides in New South Wales, Australia. She is a three-time winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year award and has received the Centenary Medal for her contribution to Australian children's literature. Her popular works for young readers include the Evil Genius series, The Reformed Vampire Support Group, and the trilogy that began with How to Catch a Bogle. Visit her website at www.catherinejinks.com.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A fun read, with a refreshingly different take on supernatural beings :)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The Little BookwormToby is just a kid, playing around with his friends and causing trouble. Then one night he wakes up in the dingo pen at the zoo and suddenly things have changed, especially after a priest and a shaggy-haired man show up on his doorstep claiming he is a werewolf.This is a sequel of sorts to The Reformed Vampire Support Group which I read last year in that it continues some of the story from that book with no resolution at this one either. I'm guessing there will be another one. About what I don't know. But anyway, it is not strictly necessary to have read Reformed Vampire, but it makes more sense if you have. It took me a minute to remember who Reuben was and the whole plot of the Vampire book. This was a fun adventure, much more action adventure than the previous book. I guess because werewolves are much more robust than vampires. Jinks certainly does not let up in this book once it gets started. The first half was slow and I was getting tired of Toby and his friends, but then the location changes and I sped through the rest ready to find out what happens next. While lacking wholly sympathetic characters, because even Toby is enough to wear a person out, it was still a decent book. I found a few funny moments, but it is also very rough and tumble, much like a werewolf. I was happy to see the vampires and I look forward to reading how the over-arcing story pans out.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Sequel to Reformed Vampire Support Group, which I liked better than this one. Toby is found in a dingo pen of a nearby wildlife park with no memory of what happened, and no clothes. He and his adoptive mother are later visited by Father Ramon and the brooding Reuben who claim that, like Reuben, Toby is a werewolf. This shocking news doesn't go over well and it is not until Toby is actually kidnapped that he begins to believe. Vampires Nina, Bridgett, and Dr. Plackett appear midway through the book, but the emphasis is definitely on Toby's first person narrative. Not quite as funny, but more action-oriented at the end.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I had just recently got done with reading "Team Human" by Larbalestier & Brennan, which also included the typical vampires, werewolves and zombies characters that are taking the literary world by storm so I had serious misgivings on this book. Would this book turn out to be such a dud as the last one I read? And would it take me forever to get myself through it like the other? Catherine Jinks has definitely restored my faith in good writers for such characters as vampires, werewolves and possibly even zombies. Not only has she done such a good job in bringing a new and fresh book to the young adult sub-genre characterized by these same main characters but her story has a lot of emotional depth while finally bringing the main characters to be young boys instead of young girls - definitely refreshing. The book was simplistic in its writing and plotlines while also being very realistic. There were several times that I was wishing I could smack the boy for his disrespect and open brow-beating of his mother but unfortunately these seem to be the traits in our own youths nowadays. And yet although he doesn't treat her right he is still wanting her there to back him up through all of his problems that again his very dependency on his mother made you cringed. The best part of the book is towards the end where the main character of course shows that the book was his own "true" story that is written and directed towards any young werewolves in need of help. And I loved the idea of how Toby actually used the events of his own life to be able to go from a guy who has friends and follows their stupid activities to taking his experiences as a coming-of-age point to make himself his actual real self. Definitely a good tween story....
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The Abused Werewolf Support Group is about a boy named Toby who wakes up in a Dingo pen one morning. As this isn’t typical behavior on his part, his mother takes him for all kinds of tests. Then one day a boy and a priest show up at his door telling Toby and his mother that he is a werewolf. At first Toby doesn’t believe anything they tell him and thinks the whole thing is a crazy practical joke. Then Toby is kidnapped for a werewolf fighting pit and he slowly comes to realize that maybe he is in fact a werewolf.

    When I first started reading this I was super excited and quickly became very confused. I thought this was going to be Rueben’s side of the story from The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Then as I read on I kind of realized that that definitely was not the case and had to kind of reorient my expectations.

    Once I wrapped my head around the fact that this was Toby’s story and not Rueben’s I was able to enjoy it. Toby is a funny and interesting kid whose creativity and sense of adventure can often get him into way too much trouble. I really liked his character (but maybe that’s cause he reminds me of my fiancé with the crazy experiments). He makes a lot of bad decisions and lets himself get talked into things by Fergus way too easily. I have to say that I loved Toby’s ingenuity. I couldn’t wait to see what he was going to come up with next. Some of the things he was able to build were just incredible and there was a part of me that was tempted to go online and see if some of the science experiments (for lack of a better term) would really work.

    The story was definitely interesting and I wanted to know what was going to happen next. I also loved getting to find out what was going on with the crew from the Reformed Vampire Support Group although there was a lack of Dave I found disappointing. I also thought the ending was very creative. I always love stories that are kind of written as a “warning”. For some reason I just find it very entertaining and I like the reassurances Toby gave, that if help was needed they would find you.

    My only other complaint about this book was that there was too much tell rather then show. Toby is telling the story in retrospect and because of that he’s constantly tell you how he would never behave this way now and the different kinds of decisions that he would make now. I wish the author had let us see a little more clearly the life Toby was living after his adventures, so that we could see for ourselves how he was different and not have to be told that Toby no longer takes crazy risks.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Pros:
    * I'm done!
    * Action-packed ending
    * Great use of new characters in an established setting, who interact with old characters

    Cons:
    * Unbelievable slow
    * Unbelievable slooooooow
    * Annoying main character

    I feel like the issues I had with the last half of the Vampire book, I had with this entire book. I had to force myself to finish because nothing happened for pages.

    Additionally, there is so little character development that none of Toby's actions make sense.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    The sequel to The Reformed Vampire Support Group falls flat. The first book was clever and hilarious; this one... not so much. The narrator (different character from the first) is most often a brat, and there's not a lot of actual werewolf time. Maybe if you like werewolves or just want to see what happens to the whole gang from TRVSG, pick this up.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Review:
    I really was not looking forward to this book after having read and pretty much hated The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Thankfully, this one was much better. It's still not going to be a new favorite, but it was a decent read that moved along at a nice pace.

    The real difference between the two is the narrator; where Nina is bored and boring, Toby is full of energy and typical teen boy-ness. Catherine Jinks' conception of vampires was amusing, but reading about a bunch of folks who do nothing but whine is no fun. Toby whines, but he also tries to change his circumstances. He also has a clear personality, unlike the vampires (who show up in this book and still remain static characters).

    I still have some issues with Jinks' worldbuilding. Becoming a werewolf is evidently an inherited trait, found only in families of Spanish or Portuguese backgrounds. Not only that, but they have to be the seventh sons. Yikes but that's specific. The book even says that werewolves are typically found in South America and the Phillipines (although nothing is mentioned about Spain or Portugal...), so why are there so many werewolves running around Australia (not to mention so many werewolves in general)? With vampires, too, I am a bit concerned about their origin. Apparently, one bite turns a human into a vampire. If it's that easy, why is the world not populated entirely with very hungry vampires? Sure, the group tries not to fang folks, but all vampires cannot be that particular, especially in early days.

    Overall, this was an okay read, but, should there be more books in this series, I will not be continuing on. This one was good enough to give me some hope for Jinks' other series about geniuses (of which I own the first book).
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Tobias Vandeveld is in a bit of a bind. He's woken up in the hospital with no idea how he got there or what happened the night before. His mother is furious, the doctors are confused, and the police are involved. Apparently he spent the night in a dingo pen.....naked. Now his friends find this to be the best story of the year (they don't know about the naked part), but Toby and his family are getting concerned. They have been visited by a priest and a rather surly looking man, who claim that the reason for Toby's strange night is because he's a werewolf. Toby's mother flips out, what good mother wouldn't, and tells them both to leave before she calls the police. Of course no one really believes that Toby is a werewolf. But then the story continues and for once, Toby's mother is proven wrong.Toby is your typical almost delinquent young teenager. He hangs out with the local boys and occasionally gets into trouble, but for the most part he's not too bad. But this whole werewolf thing really throws him for a loop. As much as he doesn't want to believe it, it all starts to make sense. His life takes a turn for the worse, when Toby is abducted by werewolf hunters and held in a secure underground cell. His friendships are tested and his mother is highly upset when it all comes out in the end.The story was a great read with a "realistic" twist. If you were a werewolf in real life, there's a good chance this is how you would have to life. I enjoyed that part very much, it wasn't too fantastical. The story is told from Toby's point of view which has its pros and cons. It's great getting inside his had and watching the pieces fall into place, but at the same time I felt like I was missing out on a lot of the other characters. They just seemed a little flat to me.3/5
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This was an interesting read. As a preface, I haven't read The Reformed Vampire Support Group as of yet so I don't know if that will alter my opinion on it. The entire book was action packed, very descriptive and pretty hilarious. It was only the very last chapter that disappointed me. It ended kind of awkwardly but doesn't hint at a continuation so I don't know what's going on there. Overall, I'd recommend it for some light reading. I've read better, I've read worse.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Warning: Spoilers followI really enjoyed the beginning of this book; liked the relationship between the main character, Tobias Vandervelde and his two crazy friends, Fergus and Amin. Then, when Reuben shows up, I was even more intrigued. I was still really enjoying the book when Tobias gets captured and meets Sergio, and I really enjoyed them engineering their escape. The book really, seriously fell apart for me after their escape when they decide to go to the house and everyone shows up. It slowed right down, and was actually painful for me to read. I only persisted because I was so close to the end of the book, but the last quarter was so bad that I am wondering whether it was written by a different person! I have read Evil Genius, and I seem to recall that I didn't like the last quarter of that book either, so perhaps it's a flaw of the author; she peters out as she tries to conclude the book. I'll have to wait and see, but if one more of her books follows the same pattern, I won't be wasting my money on anymore Jinks junk.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book is great, fun easy read. It's one of those books that you know whats going on but its easy just to sit back and enjoy it. What I like most about the book was the characters. You felt Toby's animosity toward him finding out what he was. I think for once it was good to see a characters really reject and have a hard time coming to see what he was until it was too late. Toby rejections was also funny at the same time. I love how he always made sarcastic comments to make him feel better. It made me laugh a long with him too. The plot was similar one but the twist of a underground werewolf fighting ground made it much better. I felt for the wolfs who had no idea what had happen. They felt lost and confused. I am glad that a group came together to rescue the wolfs who were taken and help them come back to who they are. Some were so lost into fighting they were animals even without their changes.My only gripe, is the plot. It was slow to start off with. Also there was a lot of back round information that need to be said in order for the reader to find their place and understanding in the book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Toby learns he is a werewolf after he is rescued from the dingo pen at a nearby nature preserve. He is thirteen and has no memory of how he got there. At first he and his mother can't believe that he could possibly be a werewolf. But when Toby is kidnapped by men who run an illegal werewolf fighting scheme, Toby is forced to believe. He is rescued by a motley group of werewolves and vampires who bear little resemblance to the vampires and werewolves of Twilight. I think middle graders would like this adventurous novel of a boy who has to adjust to a whole new reality.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This is the second book in a series. I did not get the chance to read the first book. There were a few places where they referenced things that happened. But it wasn’t necessary to read the first one in order to understand this book.First off, I thought that the characters were pretty weak. Toby was supposed to be thirteen, but for much of the book he was characterized as a much younger boy. His mom might as well just been holding her hands over her ears shouting “la la la I can’t hear you” for as much as she was listening to what people were trying to tell her.The first portion of the book was extremely slow moving. During that time, I kept putting it down and really didn’t want to pick it back up. I had heard such great things about the first book in the series. So I had some high hopes for this one. Unfortunately it fell flat.In conjunction with the Wakela's World Disclosure Statement, I received a product in order to enable my review. No other compensation has been received. My statements are an honest account of my experience with the brand. The opinions stated here are mine alone.