![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mowat explains to the reader how the initial understanding of the wolf was shaped by the political climate of the time rather than fact. Never Cry Wolf is an easy read filled with what appear to be anecdotal tales of a man's experience living near a wolf den while on a government contract to study the "vicious beasts" that are wolves. Regardless, Mowat's book is one of the first books to really capture a sliver of the social, predatory and familial behaviours of the enigmatic wolf and thus deserves some level of respect. Unfortunately, Mowat goes about writing his novel in the wrong way: his tone is condescending, his stories meant to be entertaining only make him sound incapable and his constant complaining about his superiors "refusing" to help him do his job make him look rather pathetic. On the one hand, Mowat changed the way people looked at the the mysterious wolf and developed the understanding that wolves are more in tune with nature than our own species seems to be. I have such a complicated opinion when it comes to Never Cry Wolf. Received via NetGalley and Open Road Media in exchange for an completely unbiased review. ![]()
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