ejdragonlover 's review for:

The Call of the Wild/White Fang by Jack London

4.0

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These books were quite well-written, but they were somewhat hard (emotionally) to read at times. Both were about dogs who went through a number of owners, many of which were harsh, uncaring, and even cruel. These included Charles, Hal, and Mercedes in The Call of the Wild, and Beauty Smith in White Fang. However, each dog had at least one owner at one point who shared with them an intensely loving relationship. These were John Thornton in The Call of the Wild and Weedon Scott in White Fang. The Call of the Wild began with Buck (the dog protagonist) being tame and ended with him becoming wild. White Fang began with White Fang (the wolf/dog protagonist) as a wild animal and ended with him having turned his back on the wild completely and having found a loving and beloved master. In The Call of the Wild, Buck is stolen and then works as a sled dog. In White Fang, White Fang works as a sled dog as well at one point, but he is also involved in dog fights.
I would recommend it to teenaged or adult reader who like reading books with an animal protagonist.