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amycam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Racism and Colonisation
a_beautiful_soup's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Grief and Racism
Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, and Racial slurs
callofthewild's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abandonment
laedyred's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Violence, and Misogyny
Minor: Blood and Gore
stinekristin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence
Minor: Racism
thecavewoman's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Murder
gilnean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Racial slurs, Murder, Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Grief, Misogyny, and Sexism
karolinaz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Animal death, and Colonisation
clevermird's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The book follows Buck, a not-so-ordinary pet dog who is kidnapped and sent to the Yukon as a sled dog. There, he learns how cruel the world (and people) can be, but also unlocks an inner strength and connection to his wolf ancestors that he never could have dreamed of as he passes through various masters and journeys through the wilderness.
This book was okay. The writing style is a little. . . I hesitate to say outdated, because that sounds more negative than I want it to. But it's certainly not a narrative style that is used a lot in modern writing. It's very much "tell don't show", almost as though we're being told a story rather than experiencing it with the characters. It works very well for the story they're telling, but it's a bit of a shock if you aren't expecting it.
I feel like I should have more to say about this one, but it's kind of just "there" for me. The characters are relatively well drawn for how limited the interaction with most of them (apart from Buck) is, the character arc for Buck makes sense, etc. I enjoyed reading it well enough, but I guess it just didn't connect with me.
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism
Minor: Toxic relationship
queenkath32's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail