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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 9 Up—After his parents died, William James Henry became the ward of and apprentice to eccentric Dr. Pellinore Warthrop. One of the last of his kind, Warthrop is a practitioner of "aberrant biology," a monstrumologist. During the years of his strange education, Will has been exposed to the monstrosities of both humanity and nature and has come to resent the mutually destructive nature of his relationship with his aging mentor. Unfortunatel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2013
In the fourth and final volume of the Monstrumologist series (a blend of gothic horror, cryptozoology, and Sherlockiana), Yancey diverges somewhat from his successful formula. In addition to a menacing atmosphere and highly stylized nineteenth-century prose, each previous book (The Monstrumologist; The Curse of the Wendigo, rev. 1/11; The Isle of Blood, rev. 11/11) has featured a plot that pivots on an unspeakably horrible creature and the subtle and nuanced characterization of the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
This fourth and final volume of the series (a blend of gothic horror, cryptozoology, and Sherlockiana) features apprentice Will Hen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
