The Sea Wolf Jack London by Jack London

3.8 AVERAGE

dinamo's review against another edition

An adventure stcry, a parable on the nature of Man, a philosophical text. Didn't need the love interest. It was enough to have the relationship of the 2 men and their violent differences and violent similarities.

massolit_member's review against another edition

3.0
Audiobook. Wanted the death vs wolf showdown.
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avoraciousreader68's review against another edition

4.0
dark tense medium-paced
Book source ~ Audio purchased at Chirp

I listened to this back in August and it has stuck with me. Wolf Larsen is such a brutal man. I don’t care how harsh the conditions out there on the open sea, his brutality is extreme. Yikes. What an asshole. I do admire how he educated himself though and bought himself a ship to hunt seals. Humphrey van Weyden sure gets an education himself at the hands of the Sea-Wolf. The addition of a lady love to the mix strains credulity and the ending is a bit too tidy, but overall this is a tale that has settled into my psyche and I don’t think it will leave for a very long time.

 

pranithemanth's review against another edition

4.5
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A

lena_squyres's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-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: Yes

hawkia75's review against another edition

2.0
What woman would fall in love with milquetoast Humphrey Van Weyden, I ask you?

kal9000's review against another edition

5.0
One of the greatest turn of the century adventure stories I have read. The antagonist Captain Wolf Larson personifies the most powerful conception of human spirit imaginable. As described in the afterward, "Larsen is perhaps the best-drawn and purest example in American literature of a very important type: the rugged individualist who is a law unto himself." For a glance into the ineffable hopelessness of fugitive human strength and ambition, please read The Sea Wolf.

liz_mf's review against another edition

3.0
Minus one star for the 1900s misogyny.
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theeboyracer's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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tiny_brain_energy's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Content: ***
Length: **
Writing: ***