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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Boring, gory, and racist. Hopefully the movie will be better.
You mean this beloved classic novel is good?? I'm going to be conflicted about this evening forever. I just want to pet a dog and lay down for a bit, okay? Did this almost make me cry? Yes. I guess now I have to read other Jack London works...*
*Yeah yeah. A big reading gap for me.
*Yeah yeah. A big reading gap for me.
4,25
The Call of the Wild: 5
To Build a Fire: 4
Bâtard: 4
Love of Life: 4
The Call of the Wild: 5
To Build a Fire: 4
Bâtard: 4
Love of Life: 4
For my first read of the year, it was great to go to a classic. And even better - a classic about a dog. At times heartwarming and at others, heartbreaking, Jack London's tale follows Buck's journey among gold prospectors. It's a wonderfully told tale - never simplified because it's told by an animal but not over-complexified either.
Buck, a large mixed-breed dog, is taken from his comfy home in California and transferred from man to man as a sled dog in the harsh Canadian wilderness. Some men are fair, some men are brutal. Buck discovers a part of himself he had not previously known-a wildness within him.
This book reminds me a lot of Black Beauty, one of my favorites, in some ways. However, even though I'm crazy about dog adventure books, this one never really did it for me. Still a decent read if you can stomach the cold brutality.
This book reminds me a lot of Black Beauty, one of my favorites, in some ways. However, even though I'm crazy about dog adventure books, this one never really did it for me. Still a decent read if you can stomach the cold brutality.
Enjoyed this classic more than I expected, could obviously have done without the casual racist terms (this was written in 1900 or so).
Final thought: why would this book ever be assigned to children?
Final thought: why would this book ever be assigned to children?
Loved rereading this book as an adult as much as I loved reading it in my youth. Adventure, heartbreak, and the anthropomorphizing of animals whose experience in the world we are more than just a little jealous.
We see Buck's constant struggle with nature v.s. nurture, training but some sorts of protection and luxuries of living
in/with a (human) pack v.s. instinct and having to survive in the wild.
Story: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Writing: 3,5/5
Reread: Maybe.
in/with a (human) pack v.s. instinct and having to survive in the wild.
Story: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Writing: 3,5/5
Reread: Maybe.