Tenderness of Wolves

I found that there were too many plot-lines - some of which were entirely unnecessary. I also found the 'boy' character unconvincing. But having said that it is a good read and it is worth the effort.

Great book to read, once I had a good long sitting so could get properly into it.

Did annoy me, though, that the Norwegian names were mainly made up and half of them were Swedish! Surely it doesn't take much research to get that right?!

What, no wolves?

For those read The Call of the Wild. A really fabulous book. Is Jack London in fashion these days.

The Call of the Wild turned me on to books when I was seven (I think it was probably an abridged version). Recently bought Tenderness of Wolves but haven't read it yet. The Captain's spoiled the ending for me - so the horse doesn't make it!

ahha - but I didn't say which horse

There were a couple of wolves, and they ate a horse towards the end, but at no point were they especially tender. The whole book felt a bit by-the-numbers and I have my suspicions she was writing with the film-rights firmly in mind during some scenes. But it cracked along okay and the wilderness stuff was fun.

I was read Call of the Wild by my teacher when I was wee, must read it again sometime.

Dissapointingly few wolves.

This was excellent - I loved it and got really involved in the characters. There was one story line too many, but apart from that it was hard to fault it. Great detail about pioneer and Native life in Canada.