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White Fang by Jack London

10 reviews

kendylgrbac's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is my first time reading Jack London - the way he pieces words together, as well as the social commentary between the lines, is so beautiful. I knew there’d be violence, but I wasn’t expecting it to be as graphic as it was. Of course this was written in a different time, but I think the disturbing images made me take off a half star off. But to see a dog go through strong character development was unlike anything I’d read. 
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loverofwolves's review against another edition

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4.0

Interesting story about a wolf-dog who is born in the wild, and then slowly becomes domesticated. I’d have given it five stars but for the factual errors (though to be fair it was written before much research had been done on wild wolves).
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hikio123's review against another edition

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

4.25

The story was short and fast, and somehow made me cheer and get angry for the sake of a wolf dog. The older writing can sound weird at times, but the story was great and the ending was more than satisfying.
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fi_reads_books's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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rtfansler's review against another edition

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

3.0

Started off really good, slow in the middle, and good at the end. 
Many nature scenes are unrealistic and the author’s racism is evident. 
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snackattackisback69's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

I read this book when I was younger and found the first two thirds of the books hard to read due to the suffering White Fang endured. The last third of the book was much more heartwarming as he finally finds love and belonging in a cruel world. 
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lizzye33's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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maren_218's review against another edition

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

2.75

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nicoleme1212's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-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

3.5

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scruffie's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I think I now understand why this books means so much to so many people. It is very hard to read through the unbearable hardship and cruelty it presents, but I am glad that I did so.

I would have given it 5 stars, if I weren't bothered by a few things. 

First and foremost, I did not appreciate the racist comparisons between Native Americans and white people. The narrative had no need for them whatsoever in my opinion, and they only revealed London's own prejudice.

Also, the book repeatedly uses some slurs. I know that the times were different when the book was written, but some words were just as offensive then as they are now, and also there were already better words available at the time, so that's no excuse.

Lastly—and this is admittedly more personal than my previous points—it took me quite some pages (and time) to get used to London's use of the word "god", understand they way he perceives it, and stop being annoyed by it. I have no problem with the word in general, but putting the word in the mouth of the victim when talking about their perpetrator didn't feel right. It was around the middle of the book when I started gathering what exactly does the word mean to London.
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