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caramel_sundae's review against another edition
I really liked 'the call of the wild' when I read it a few months ago, so ofc I had to try this out... but this wasn't nearly as good imo T_T the beginning meandered a lot with different povs and spent wayyy too long on white fang's boring childhood and even how his parents got together?? which is a funny way to phrase it ik but I was just bored T_T i think the call of the wild had a much clearer plot and message compared to this one, and while I think the idea of thematically mirroring both stories is cool, the call of the wild does have an infinitely more exciting(?), for lack of a better word, character arc for buck.
I also thought the writing in this one wasn't as good T_T I remember being super impressed by the descriptions and character introductions especially-- in two paragraphs you'd know everything you needed to know about a specific dog or even person, and it was always so well-written, but this did a lot more showing than telling and tbh. for the first time ever I'd say that's not a good thing T_T nobody felt like they had a personality, and yes I do mean the dogs T_T
I also thought the writing in this one wasn't as good T_T I remember being super impressed by the descriptions and character introductions especially-- in two paragraphs you'd know everything you needed to know about a specific dog or even person, and it was always so well-written, but this did a lot more showing than telling and tbh. for the first time ever I'd say that's not a good thing T_T nobody felt like they had a personality, and yes I do mean the dogs T_T
rhodeyreads's review against another edition
5.0
Somehow I went all my life without reading this book. So thankful I now teach Third Grade and use these old gems as read a louds!
ndanki's review against another edition
adventurous
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
lecybeth's review against another edition
3.0
I read this along with The Call of the Wild and while this book was a little easier to digest, I have a hard time reading any book where an animal is harmed or killed. I appreciated the scene that London sets in this book and just from the descriptiveness, I want to visit (for a short while) the Yukon.
mots_bons's review against another edition
5.0
En livre audio, en plein hiver pendant que je brode : un délice pour me rappeler ma lecture d’enfance !
planetshannon's review against another edition
3.0
I feel rather complicated about this one.
It feels like it's in part giving awareness on animal cruelty, which I get, but I also don't need the "lesson" of because I already believer of not being cruel to animals so this just felt painful a lot of the time.
I feel more complicated about what it was saying in terms the hierarchy of animal to "man". This was often when White Fang I thought it would be more about... wolves.
Anyhow, I will think on it more but overall wasn't a fun read. I get the perspective it was coming from, but rarely agreed with the method or the message - beyond, of course, harming animals is bad. Which is something I already whole-heartedly believe.
It feels like it's in part giving awareness on animal cruelty, which I get, but I also don't need the "lesson" of because I already believer of not being cruel to animals so this just felt painful a lot of the time.
I feel more complicated about what it was saying in terms the hierarchy of animal to "man". This was often when White Fang
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referred to, or perhaps "learned the lesson" that man was god. This was almost always in the context when man held and used the power to physically harm White Fang and other animals. All of that felt wrong, and it happened again and again. And we saw it taken to the extreme with one character but it was used by many. Why are all the others okay, but the one extreme bad? Plus, why would White Fang even have the concept of "god". He grew up with mostly wolves.Anyhow, I will think on it more but overall wasn't a fun read. I get the perspective it was coming from, but rarely agreed with the method or the message - beyond, of course, harming animals is bad. Which is something I already whole-heartedly believe.
tangerine_leafs's review against another edition
3.0
I borrowed this book from my indigenous grandpa, the only other books he had were true stories about indigenous people's. I do think like the fact it's illustrated which makes it easier to understand. This book was boring in my opinion, I only really read it because I enjoyed the animated movie of it. Turns out the book is different lol. Pictures help my neurodivergent brain
ashmurmur's review against another edition
5.0
"Ими владела любовь — чувство еще более суровое и жестокое, чем голод."
Прекрасная история. И как же всё-таки восхитительно пишет Джек Лондон.
Прекрасная история. И как же всё-таки восхитительно пишет Джек Лондон.
thiskimb's review against another edition
2.0
Liked this even less than Call of the Wild.
London storytelling is simplistic in a way that makes it dull. Humans are Gods to dogs. Barf. This book makes you hate people, and think less of dogs. Wolfs, however are alright. Too bad white fang wasn't all wolf. I guess that's the moral.
London storytelling is simplistic in a way that makes it dull. Humans are Gods to dogs. Barf. This book makes you hate people, and think less of dogs. Wolfs, however are alright. Too bad white fang wasn't all wolf. I guess that's the moral.
jazzylemon's review against another edition
5.0
The eponymous White Fang is a wolf-dog in the Yukon, and his humanisation can be linked to the fact that the book is based on London himself, detailing the struggle of his transformation from the wild nature of his youth to that of a man of culture and domesticity. My family took turns reading this out-loud together when I was a child, and subsequently I did the same with my own children. It is a spectacular companion to London's earlier book 'The Call of the Wild'.