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Summary: If you have better things to do, go do them first
Review: this book is very boring. Only read this book if you have nothing better to do. It has some funny and entertaining moments, but is not very interesting.
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Summary: A Colourful Link Between Humans and Wolves
Review: I have read many of Farley Mowat's books, yet this one gave me a different opinion about this storyteller. Before I had always thought of him as being frankly,quite a boring man. Yet when I picked up this book in my English Literature class, I was surprised when I continued to read on. His descriptons are colorful and keep you informed. He keeps it interesting and lively. He combines fact with his imagination. What the result is, is a stunning realization away from the fairytale wolf. I would recommend you read the book for he plays with your emotions as will any good author. He makes you laugh and cry and smile within almost every chapter. A fantastic example of Farley Mowats distinctive storytelling style.
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Summary: A terrific story with a dash of humor
Review: In 1948 the Canadian government sent Farley Mowat out to the frozen tundra to study the wolves. The object of their desire was to link the wolves to the decimation of the Caribou herds and thus a reason to eradicate them. What Mowat discovered was a creature in perfect harmony with its environment, thriving on only what it needed and no more. The story is interspersed with a terrific sense of humor that kept me laughing and smiling throughout the whole story. If your interested in wolves or the outdoors I couldn't recommend a better book to read.
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Summary: Way too slow, way too boring.
Review: As a true lover of reading, I rarely run into a book I truly detest. However, I found Never Cry Wolf truly awful. I found it very difficult to actually finish it. I thought it would be a good outdoors book, but boy was I wrong.The problems begin in the first chapter. It seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the book, or anything, for that matter. After that, it was simply too slow and too boring. Nothing ever really happens. I was still waiting for the excitement to begin when I reached the last page. No excitement ever came. I would really like to warn anyone off who is thinking of reading this book for pleasure. I guess if you are a professional environmentalist or are obsessed with wolves or something, you might find it interesting, but I sure didn't.
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Summary: Never Cry Wolf
Review: At the begining of this story Mowat gets droped of in the Wilderness with all his supplies. He was all by him self. He stayed at that same exact spot for about two days. Didn't know what to do or where to go. Till he met Otek he took him to his little Bunkhouse and let him stay there for his tests with the wolf. Otek teached Mowat a lot about the Wolf. And Mowat tweached Him English. I think the way Mowat describes the differnts between the Wolf and the humans is really good. He tries a lot of things that the Wolf does. Like he eats mice, he makes mice stwee and all kinds of other things and he actually likes it. He tries to undestand the Wolf more and he really does live like the Wolf does. Anyways, this is a really good book and it's worth to read it. The bgining is kind of slow but then after the 5 chapter it gets cvery good and it's hard to lay the book down.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I got the book hoping to learn the human experience of such an amazing challenge. An experience like that must have such a profound impact on a man's psyche, but I felt he masked all of this with shallow quips and wordsmithing. Way too much salesmanship and way too little reality.
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Summary: Never Cry Wolf
Review: This narrative is a blend of humor, misconceptions, and at times ineptness as Mowat fumbles through misunderstond beliefs of wolf behavior, hunting practices, social hierarchies and parenting. Mowat is befriended by two Eskimos, one named Mike and the other Ootek. It is with his relationship with Ootek that helps Mowat understand the wolf. Through his conversations and with first hand observations Mowat is able to conclude, that the wolf is anything but a carnivore that kills indiscriminately. The wolf has a higher social order; has a distinctive language and is a caring parent. I would recommend this book, it is light reading, it is humorous, it expresses ones coming of age as a young biologist, thrusted into the wilds of the Canadian frontier, learns life's lessons of what is perceive is not necessarily true.The wolf is one with its environment and it is man that is the plague of mother nature.
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Summary: Just the tip of Mowat¿s iceberg
Review: "Never Cry Wolf" is one of Canadian author Farley Mowat's first works and it's a beauty. Told with humour and verve and a tongue very much in the cheek, it is nevertheless a serious inquiry into what motivates man to do the things he does. One can see Mowat sitting up there in the ice and snow of the Arctic, scratching away at what was then a healthy head of hair and the beginnings of a very respectable beard, wondering, "what on earth can they be thinking of," as he tries to deal with the odd behaviour of government machinery thousands of miles away to the south. Further, and this is I suppose the point of the book, what is he to do about this animal he has been sent, not to study, but to convict, who simply won't behave like the awful predator he is alleged to be? Why is man disposed to decide upon things first, and then learn the truth afterwards (often when it is too late)? And having found out the truth of the matter for himself, what should Mowat do about it? Well, I think the subsequent career of this ardent defender of natural causes speaks for itself. In fact, just before you read his environmental masterpiece, "Sea of Slaughter," you should read this. It's the tip of the iceberg, but it will perhaps soften the blow.
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Summary: Not just a "book about wolves,"- funny, touching & relevant
Review: It's disappointing to see this review section turned into a forum for poorly & reluctantly written high school book reports. I read this book voluntarily when I was in high school, & loved it. Sure, it has it's "educational" sections, which were apparently tough on some of the "readers" herein, but there are laugh-out-loud episodes, moments of insight into the human condition and our place on the planet, and an outcome which should enlighten any thoughtful reader as to how our misconceptions can lead to mistreatement both of other species and members of our own. A terrific read, highly recommended.
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Summary: "Its was a great book for kids but a long one"
Review: This book is about a guy who near peru somewhere and lives with this eskimo guy named mike. This book is full of weird stuff like wolf juice. Ofcourse I didn't ever read it by myself the teacher made us read it. one tip from me would be use a dictionary when you are reading it.
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