Farley Mowat

Never cry wolf

Never Cry Wolf

rumbledethumps

This is a really hard review to write, because I really enjoyed reading the book, but on looking into it further, discovered that it's not really what it presents itself to be.

It presents itself as a straightforward memoir of Mowat's few months in the Arctic observing a single wolf family. In the course of these observations, he sees behavior that completely upends the thought (at the time) that wolves are vicious, blood-thirsty killers.

But. Mowat has also acknowledged that it is not a straightforward, day-to-day, account. He said, “I took some pride in having it known that I never let facts get in the way of a good story. I was writing subjective non-fiction all along.”

So I give it three stars. I enjoyed reading it, but felt deceived by the author.

John-Paul Teti

Didn't love it, didn't hate it. His commentary about the government of Canada at the beginning of the book is amusing.

Never cry wolf

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