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The Call of the Wild

Jack London

Start date: August 15, 2016

Finish date: September 14, 2016

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Discussion leader: Lars Martin

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What Members Thought

Apr 03, 2009 Chrissie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, fiction, fauna, 2019-read, adventure, audible-uk, bio

Time for a reread? Yes, read again in March 2019.

This story made me happy. It left me in peace. This is reason enough to read the story.

I have read a lot of books about the intelligence of animals since I first read this. With all this information packed in my head, would I judge the book to be believable? Yeah, why not?!

This is my favorite by Jack London. It pulled my heartstrings. I want to believe it could be true.

The audiobook I listened to is read by Jeff Daniels. He speaks clearly, doesn’t ...more

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Nov 29, 2009 Laura rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, animals, banned-books, fiction, read-2009, canadian-literature

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Mar 02, 2012 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, children-fiction-young-adult, fiction-general, books-to-movies

A children's classic about a dog, Buck, taken from his comfortable home and forced into working in a harsh new environment. I read this as a child and loved it. I would definitely recommend this to school age children. ...more

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Jun 17, 2018 Amanda rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction, 2-stars, classics, ap-literature

Summer 2018, audiobook:

I wanted to like this book so much more than I ever did. I think it had something to do with the fact the overarching plot/string tying everything together really was only Buck becoming a wild wolf like his ancestors, rather than their really being in truly notable ups and downs to attract my attention in it.

This is, also, the first audiobook I started listening to on x1.5 speed, which made me go back to listening to this book after I'd started it, given it up for 2 more ...more

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