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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
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: ***
Length: **
Writing: ***
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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I no longer wish I lived in the 19th Century because I would have missed this novel - first published in 1904. It is instantly one of my all-time favorites. Wolf Larsen to date is my favorite character in literature, only Jason from Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury comes close but Jason still falls short.
I normally don't care for philosophy, however Larsen's likening of life to yeast will stick with me for years to come. Aside from the yeasty life, I saved five other quotes from both Larsen and the main Hump. I laughed out loud at some of the dialogue, especially near the end. "I say, Hump's improving, don't you think so? - I don't know, I have never seen him otherwise. - You should have seen him before then." Separately, I remember only one part of the service, and that is, 'And the body shall be cast into the sea.' Was kept on the edge of my seat throughout. The characters greatly suffer. What more could a reader ask for? Nothing.
Will definitely re-read this one again. I checked this copy out from the library but will have to purchase my own for the private collection. Other Jack London novels will need to be read.
I normally don't care for philosophy, however Larsen's likening of life to yeast will stick with me for years to come. Aside from the yeasty life, I saved five other quotes from both Larsen and the main Hump. I laughed out loud at some of the dialogue, especially near the end. "I say, Hump's improving, don't you think so? - I don't know, I have never seen him otherwise. - You should have seen him before then." Separately, I remember only one part of the service, and that is, 'And the body shall be cast into the sea.' Was kept on the edge of my seat throughout. The characters greatly suffer. What more could a reader ask for? Nothing.
Will definitely re-read this one again. I checked this copy out from the library but will have to purchase my own for the private collection. Other Jack London novels will need to be read.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Jack London is such s fine story teller! Lasting through the ages. Such beautiful, gripping, death defying human experiences. I am in love with him though his words. The Sea Wolf is a fine juxtaposition of working class and those who never lifted a finger, between moral fiber and what must be done, between man and woman, and on and on with the perceived and then destroyed binary opposites. An excellent story!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
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
I think this two-star rating is misleading. I'd like to give the first half four stars and give the second half one.
While the first half is an engaging story of a thin-skinned literary critic being adopted by the brutal seal-poaching captain and Nietzchean titan Wolf Larsen, the second half devolves into an utterly boring domestic romance that reads as utterly false when compared with the aggressively homoerotic relationship between Wolf and Van Weydan in the books first 150 pages.
Jack London copped out to avoid making his conservative Victorian readership uncomfortable. So, two stars.
While the first half is an engaging story of a thin-skinned literary critic being adopted by the brutal seal-poaching captain and Nietzchean titan Wolf Larsen, the second half devolves into an utterly boring domestic romance that reads as utterly false when compared with the aggressively homoerotic relationship between Wolf and Van Weydan in the books first 150 pages.
Jack London copped out to avoid making his conservative Victorian readership uncomfortable. So, two stars.
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes