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adventurous
sad
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
The plot point was getting too repetitive that it sort of dragged. I understood it heavily emphasized on "it's a tough world out here and only the strongest can survive" but just how many times do you need to repeat that?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Blood
adventurous
challenging
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Animal death
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Death
Minor: Racial slurs
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death
adventurous
dark
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What an odd and pointless book.
It tells four totally unrelated stories which are linked only in their setting and that they vaguely involve dogs or wolves. They are also totally different lengths with one taking up over half the book and another only 18 pages.
The stories themselves are depressing, graphically gory and literally don't have a plot. They are just miserable snapshots mostly of dogs being abused but also of just general grim suffering.
There is also regular racism (as you often see in books from this time period).
It is beyond me to understand what possessed London to write and publish this book and how on earth it became a penguin classic.
The literally only saving grace of this book was that it was so short!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death