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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Realized I was recording for the wrong edition of the book
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
It starts out with the homoerotic tension dialed in at 11/10 and I feel positive that Wolf and Van Weyden totally banged. At about 75% through the book suddenly takes a left turn into forced heterosexuality that's badly shoehorned in.
Hiç ummadığım tarzda bir kitap oldu. Daha önce okuduğum Jack London kitaplarından farklıydı.
Bir düşünce kitabı olduğunu belirtmeliyim. İki farklı zihniyet, düşünce ve bakış açısına sahip karakterin çatışmasına şahit oluyoruz. Ve bu o kadar güzel bir çatışma ki kitap kendine bağlıyor okuru. İki farklı karakterin hayata dair zıt düşünceleri okura her seferinde bir şeyler kazandırıyor.
Ve Wolf Larsen... Belli bir eşiğe ulaşmış ve bu sebeple herkesten farklı ve yalnız hisseden bir kişilik. Belki kötü karakter olarak gözüküyor kitapta ama beni kendine hayran bıraktı. Çünkü o anlaşıldığı vakit aslında kötü kelimesi ile alakasız birisi olduğu açıkça belli.
Van Weyden... Sana sadece hoşgeldin ve o rüya gibi hayattan iyi ki uyandın diyorum.
Bir düşünce kitabı olduğunu belirtmeliyim. İki farklı zihniyet, düşünce ve bakış açısına sahip karakterin çatışmasına şahit oluyoruz. Ve bu o kadar güzel bir çatışma ki kitap kendine bağlıyor okuru. İki farklı karakterin hayata dair zıt düşünceleri okura her seferinde bir şeyler kazandırıyor.
Ve Wolf Larsen... Belli bir eşiğe ulaşmış ve bu sebeple herkesten farklı ve yalnız hisseden bir kişilik. Belki kötü karakter olarak gözüküyor kitapta ama beni kendine hayran bıraktı. Çünkü o anlaşıldığı vakit aslında kötü kelimesi ile alakasız birisi olduğu açıkça belli.
Van Weyden... Sana sadece hoşgeldin ve o rüya gibi hayattan iyi ki uyandın diyorum.
Although the writing was a bit too old for me I loved this. It was poetic and exciting and I loved the love story. It didn’t go the way I predicted it to which I’m happy about. I enjoyed the characters. Good classic
adventurous
medium-paced
Wow! This book is so much more than I had expected it to be. There were so many moral and ethical issues presented and argued. I'm curious about a tv version of the story but am worried about how much of the real heart of the story would be lost.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
62: The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
I am so very pleased to have finished my first read (ever) of this book but know that I will likely reading it at least one or two more times in the next several months, as it is the full-length literary work for the USAD (and thus WIAD) 2021-22 season.
Only knowing well (at all, maybe) Jack London's The Call of the Wild, I very much enjoyed this rather obscure, but I think completely of literary merit and APLit-valid seafaring--life- and work-faring--novel. There is so much good stuff in here!
For those who love the sea and boating/sailing, you will feel valued for the knowledge and expertise you already possess and bring to this great story, and for those of you who are less familiar, there's a whole lot of good stuff worthy to learn to also enjoy this great story.
Humphrey Van Wyden--a gentleman and avid reader, literary critic--is rescued by a seal-hunting schooner after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. This completely changes the direction/path/purpose of his life for some time to come. And it introduces him to Wolf Larsen, that schooner's captain, who does not realize how much he might learn from/value about Hump.
There's even some romance in here--the good old-fashioned kind of tension built through minds and writing that connects first, before faces or hearts do--for those who wish for/enjoy that.
I really enjoyed this book and encourage all who have not yet to read it...and then volunteer to help us read/score essays this fall (please). :)
I am so very pleased to have finished my first read (ever) of this book but know that I will likely reading it at least one or two more times in the next several months, as it is the full-length literary work for the USAD (and thus WIAD) 2021-22 season.
Only knowing well (at all, maybe) Jack London's The Call of the Wild, I very much enjoyed this rather obscure, but I think completely of literary merit and APLit-valid seafaring--life- and work-faring--novel. There is so much good stuff in here!
For those who love the sea and boating/sailing, you will feel valued for the knowledge and expertise you already possess and bring to this great story, and for those of you who are less familiar, there's a whole lot of good stuff worthy to learn to also enjoy this great story.
Humphrey Van Wyden--a gentleman and avid reader, literary critic--is rescued by a seal-hunting schooner after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. This completely changes the direction/path/purpose of his life for some time to come. And it introduces him to Wolf Larsen, that schooner's captain, who does not realize how much he might learn from/value about Hump.
There's even some romance in here--the good old-fashioned kind of tension built through minds and writing that connects first, before faces or hearts do--for those who wish for/enjoy that.
I really enjoyed this book and encourage all who have not yet to read it...and then volunteer to help us read/score essays this fall (please). :)