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saphirablue 's review for:
The Call of the Wild and White Fang
by Jack London
Well, first of all - the summary on the back of the book is very misleading. "White Fang" is the main novel of this book (~200 pages) and "The Call of the Wild" are only about 70 pages.
This is one of the rare cases in which I really don't like the book but love the movie. I couldn't get into the writing style and the switching POVs and the constant repeating things that already have been said a dozen of times didn't help.
There were parts that I really enjoyed - the feeling of being in Alaska/Canada, being on the trail with the dogs, seeing the world through the eyes of a young White Fang, when White Fang meets Weedon Scott and when they go back to the Southland, when Buck comes to the aid of John in the saloon and so on and so on. I also liked that Jack London didn't pull the punches when it came to the abuse of the dogs because such things shouldn't be put under the rug. But most of the book I unfortunately didn't enjoy. :(
This is one of the rare cases in which I really don't like the book but love the movie. I couldn't get into the writing style and the switching POVs and the constant repeating things that already have been said a dozen of times didn't help.
There were parts that I really enjoyed - the feeling of being in Alaska/Canada, being on the trail with the dogs, seeing the world through the eyes of a young White Fang, when White Fang meets Weedon Scott and when they go back to the Southland, when Buck comes to the aid of John in the saloon and so on and so on. I also liked that Jack London didn't pull the punches when it came to the abuse of the dogs because such things shouldn't be put under the rug. But most of the book I unfortunately didn't enjoy. :(