A review by stainedsouth
White Fang by Jack London

4.0

I get excited when I take a chance on a book and fall in love with it. A book about animals isn't what I naturally gravitate toward and, in all honesty, I was listening to this one because it was a give-away on Audible during reader appreciation week. I am glad I gave it a try, this was very good. Mr. London's writing is beautiful and detailed. At some points I felt as if I was reading (listening to) a non-fiction book focused on the "wild" and wildlife, particularly wolves.

I believe that way back in the Dark Ages, I may have read [b:The Call of the Wild|1852|The Call of the Wild|Jack London|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1452291694s/1852.jpg|3252320] but I do not remember it. From my basic research it seems that White Fang and The Call of the Wild are mirror images of each other - at least in story development. White Fang, a wolf with a little bit of dog in his bloodline, is captured from the wild and domesticated. Initially he has a harsh and lonely life which declines into a brutal and painful one. His experiences serve to make him a loner in the best of times and a killer in the worst of times. I am not ashamed to say that I had tears in my eyes a few times during the development of the story.