Reviews - The Call of the Wild (Great Illustrated Classics)

Moja miłość do wilków jest przeogromna i zaczęła się właśnie tu, wraz z przeczytaniem owego dzieła kilka lat temu. Uwielbiam Londona, uwielbiam jego styl, jego historię, czuję się wręcz połączony z przedstawionym zwierzęciem i nigdy nie mógłbym porzucić zachwytu. Jack London i James Oliver Curwood są autorami mojego dzieciństwa i zawsze będę mieć ich w sercu i dziękować im za to, że nauczyli mnie postrzegać przyrodę nie od strony człowieka, ale od strony zwierzęcego instyktu.

coraisreading's review against another edition

4.0

‏i didn't think i’d like this one but i ended up really enjoying it. i smashed through the whole thing in just two sittings. it was tough to read about the animal abuse especially since i’m such a big animal lover but overall it was a really good read.

crimsongirl5132's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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: Complicated

Content Warnings

previouslyanewt's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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: No

carolineinthelibrary's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous slow-paced

An interesting book about a dog and his feeling that the wild is calling to him. There are definitely some more graphic scenes (a lot of what we would think of as animal abuse) and some outdated terminology we would not use today, but it was a nice book about the pull between animal's loyalty to man and their instinctual desire for the wild.

sarahtonin_bby's review against another edition

4.0

Yeah I did cry over the dogs!!! They were doing their best and they got beaten and killed !!!! BUCK!!!! It felt less like he was answering a call of the wild and more like he had been so completely abandoned and turned away from civilization. Like humans rejected his civil nature to the degree that even under the best of circumstances he already a wild animal pretending to be civil for love. Which like who of us aren’t.

Unfortunately very dated in its portrayal of indigenous people :/ even through the eyes of a dog it was uncomfortable.

heatherquixote's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

libraryofphee's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 45%

This was boring. Also I don’t like dogs

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