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A review by ninetalevixen
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
2.0
Finally. Slogging through this book reminded of all the reasons I’m wary of reading The Classics, and also of certain reads required in school — dull even during the action scenes, overly intellectual, not formulaic per se but overt in its themes and morals.
I did enjoy the pirate-y vibe of life on a poacher’s ship, but I had a hard time caring about Humphrey and his benevolent sexism/possessiveness toward Maud, or Wolf Larson and his eyes (“blue as the clear sea”) and awful strength and materialistic musings and his feud with his brother Death Larson. There just didn’t seem to be much point to the plot, and added to my indifference towards the characters it just didn’t make for an at all engaging experience.
I did enjoy the pirate-y vibe of life on a poacher’s ship, but I had a hard time caring about Humphrey and his benevolent sexism/possessiveness toward Maud, or Wolf Larson and his eyes (“blue as the clear sea”) and awful strength and materialistic musings and his feud with his brother Death Larson. There just didn’t seem to be much point to the plot, and added to my indifference towards the characters it just didn’t make for an at all engaging experience.