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adventurous
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully written. Made me want to run off into a forest somewhere. (In a good way.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Blood
Minor: Death, Gore
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This book is brutal and sad. But I loved Buck and just wanted him to thrive. It was nice to see him succeed despite all the horrific things that happened to him.
I love DOGS!
Trigger warning: animal abuse.
I love DOGS!
Trigger warning: animal abuse.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Minor: Abandonment
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
So little happens in this book that it's hard to review without giving anything away. The whole plot consists of dogs being stolen and passed from owner to owner who severely abuse the dogs and use racial epithets as dog names.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism
adventurous
challenging
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Murder
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'm beginning to feel that London revels in cruelty and has much respect for the "survival of the fittest". Don't get me wrong, Buck is a great dog, but it seems to me that London pays a lot of attention to ancestry, genes, and race (and, most importantly, discriminates on it). Now that I've read both White Fang and The Call of the Wild I don't think I'll be reading any more of his books; he really tips my racism sensor and I've been annoyed enough by this.
For what it's worth, I liked the ending.
For what it's worth, I liked the ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Gore, Blood
Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Grief
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Minor: Death
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I went into this blindly. I thought I knew what the plot was about but I was way off. Had I known, I don't think I would have picked it up. I have a very low tolerance for animal abuse and violence. I read on since this is a classic (and not a long one at that) hoping it would improve. I also don't like heavily accented writing because it messes with my brain and throws of the rhythm of my reading. My rating is solely on personal taste. I can see why it's a classic and while people like it, but I couldn't get past the gruesome content.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood