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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
I bought this in the hopes of something a bit more... comprehensive. The characters don’t speak, every sentence feels cut off, and the lack of description or dialogue removes any weight the story might have. I found myself unable to root for any characters, and not really responsive when things happened to them.
Although this is meant to be a book for a younger audience, I wonder just how young. I might say 6-10, if I were recommending books to kids who very much like animals. Although, if they’re 10, I’d be more likely to recommend Warriors.
The wolves are well-researched... for the time. As of 2020 we know much more about non-captive packs and their behaviors, as well as dog integration and interaction with wolves/packs, so it doesn’t really hold up.
If you have a young kid who likes to read, by all means, recommend them this book. But if they’re at a higher reading level than their peers it may be a frustrating read.
Although this is meant to be a book for a younger audience, I wonder just how young. I might say 6-10, if I were recommending books to kids who very much like animals. Although, if they’re 10, I’d be more likely to recommend Warriors.
The wolves are well-researched... for the time. As of 2020 we know much more about non-captive packs and their behaviors, as well as dog integration and interaction with wolves/packs, so it doesn’t really hold up.
If you have a young kid who likes to read, by all means, recommend them this book. But if they’re at a higher reading level than their peers it may be a frustrating read.
I love re-tracing my steps and reading books that I'd enjoyed throughout my childhood. I'm a huge fan of wolves, as I have always been, so this book (despite me being older now) was still a nostalgic and heart-warming treat. It's still so wonderful reading about a little Siberian Husky relying on his ancestors after humans let him down, despite their small differences, and my heart was still full reading about how Granite and Snowdrift found one another at exactly the right time, leading to a sort of surrogate mother-son relationship. It's a cliche, but it's still sweet and it really made me feel for the wolves throughout the story when certain events happened. Overall, I still love this book, and the nostalgia was amazing!
Not what I was expecting, but it was good book. Only thing that felt odd was the names of the wolves as they were essentially wild animals. However, without the names there would have been no way to easily identify them. It was definitely a quick read with nice short chapters.
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Baby's first Jack London-eque xenofiction.
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/01/book-review-child-of-wolves-by.html
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2022/01/book-review-child-of-wolves-by.html
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
I bought this in the hopes of something a bit more... comprehensive. The characters don’t speak, every sentence feels cut off, and the lack of description or dialogue removes any weight the story might have. I found myself unable to root for any characters, and not really responsive when things happened to them.
Although this is meant to be a book for a younger audience, I wonder just how young. I might say 6-10, if I were recommending books to kids who very much like animals. Although, if they’re 10, I’d be more likely to recommend Warriors.
The wolves are well-researched... for the time. As of 2020 we know much more about non-captive packs and their behaviors, as well as dog integration and interaction with wolves/packs, so it doesn’t really hold up.
If you have a young kid who likes to read, by all means, recommend them this book. But if they’re at a higher reading level than their peers it may be a frustrating read.
Although this is meant to be a book for a younger audience, I wonder just how young. I might say 6-10, if I were recommending books to kids who very much like animals. Although, if they’re 10, I’d be more likely to recommend Warriors.
The wolves are well-researched... for the time. As of 2020 we know much more about non-captive packs and their behaviors, as well as dog integration and interaction with wolves/packs, so it doesn’t really hold up.
If you have a young kid who likes to read, by all means, recommend them this book. But if they’re at a higher reading level than their peers it may be a frustrating read.