Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Call of the Wild Annotated by Jack London

5 reviews

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

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief

melissalemos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs and Grief

scruffie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

I'm beginning to feel that London revels in cruelty and has much respect for the "survival of the fittest". Don't get me wrong, Buck is a great dog, but it seems to me that London pays a lot of attention to ancestry, genes, and race (and, most importantly, discriminates on it). Now that I've read both White Fang and The Call of the Wild I don't think I'll be reading any more of his books; he really tips my racism sensor and I've been annoyed enough by this.

For what it's worth, I liked the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Grief

luinerys's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Grief