Book Response Form

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Book Response Form

Book title: Never Cry Wolf

Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart

Date published: 1963 Number of pages: 256

Genre (Type of book)—Circle one:
novel mystery science fiction romance biography
history science/technology other:

Why did you decide to read this book? First of all, we find this book very interesting, it talks about
generally animals in arctics and wolves’ behavior especially, the topic is not too heavy so we could
easily read it, also we want to know how scientist point of view towards animal and nature.

Were you glad that you decided to read it? Explain. Yes, we are happy to read this novel because we can
say that this novel is not having flat plot, we are not feels bored when we read it, even you can go through
every page without realizing how long you read this novel, also we can get knowledge about how wolves
live in nature.

What did you like best about this book? This book is a must read whether you have been in or around
animal nature’s life, or if you know of some of basic knowledge about animal. It portrays on how
human perspective towards wolf which usually portrayed as negative, this book says the otherwise, it
says that wolf is just like commonly animal, they are not threat to human they just consume what
they need and act like wild animal as they should be, in fact, we are more likely threat for wolf not the
vice versa. The book also portrays how ruthless human hunted them for collection and how slowly
they will become extinct.

What did you like least? While we love wolves and appreciate Mowat's passion on their behalf,

there's something off-putting about his writing style. We are not sure if it's the way he constructs
the narrative (so that he himself is the star rather than the wolves) or his tone, but we profoundly
irritated throughout. It turns out he has a habit of "never let the facts get in the way of the truth"
and that the events he recounts in the book may have been largely fabricated, which might explain
some of the negative feelings his writing stirred up. Not a bad book, but not a classic either.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Explain. Yeah, we would gladly to recommend this book to
our friends, even though this novel have few minor points, overall, it’s a good book based on our
experience when we read it.

On a scale of 1-10, how difficult was this book for you? (1 = easy, 10 = difficult) Why? We would
say it’s 2, the author chooses words by words carefully, easy to understand, simple plot but not flat.