Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

98 reviews

lolo626's review against another edition

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Racial slurs

amycam's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

a_beautiful_soup's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs, Blood, Abandonment, and Colonisation

amd2024's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death

jfaw89's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

meg_reads83's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ssoupernova's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

Incredible story, the short story at the end shocked me though. I've read the call of the wild before but not batard, and it was intense but very well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death

klemily's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I hated this book.  So much violence, especially against dogs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

cilie's review against another edition

adventurous informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Ganske fin adventure fortælling om forholdende for slædehunde under det amerikanske "gold-rush". Ud over at komme forbi historiske begivenheder og vilde ture gennem det frostne landskab i Alaska er det gennemgående tema, den gradvise forråelse og tilbagevenden til sine instinkter som Buck gennemlever. For fortællende i sin narrative stil, hvilket iær var et problem når fortællerende synes det Buck gjorde var fantastisk, men når en rival gjorde præcis det samme var det ondsindet og når fortælleren bare kunne lide Buck meget, meget bedre end jeg kunne. Underede mig også lidt over at Bucks udseende bliver beskrevet på side 123... der har man altså dannet sit eget billede på baggrund af hans forældres racer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

sarasreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I couldn't remember if I'd read this one or White Fang when I was younger, but it must have been White Fang because all of this was new to me. 

It reminded me in many ways of Black Beauty, which I absolutely adored. It shows the kindness, cruelty, and ineptitude of people from the animal's perspective. It makes you feel so strongly while reading, about both good and bad characters.

While Black Beauty eventually found love in a peaceful home, Buck takes the opposite approach and fully embraces his wild dog side. Both end up in their happiest state, and both books really make you feel and root for each animal. This one feels like more of a product of its time than Black Beauty, but I still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Racism