A review by cobalt_3d
The Sea Wolf by Jack London

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

I love Jack London. Many people love and admire Martin Eden, however, for me, the "sea wolf" is a very special book. Although the narrative is conducted in the first person, it quickly becomes clear that the main character is another person. The wolf Larsen is an ambiguous, contradictory, tough, sometimes even cruel figure. His reasoning sometimes seem very categorical, you can argue with them, but in some ways you agree with him. It is impossible to call Larsen a 100% antagonist - it is impossible and there is interest in this. The character, on behalf of which the narrative is conducted, is not different from the wolf, and the lion's share of the work is built on their discussions, dialogues, but in the end there is a rather heavy denouement.
 In fact, I re -read the "sea wolf" several times, and the older I become, the more this work opens.