It took a while for me to get into this book, but once I did, it moved quickly. What I didn't like was the way it jumped from character to character without any indication of having changed characters. I also disliked how fragmented it felt to read it. On the other hand, I liked how it portrayed mental illness, homosexuality, and the relations between the British and the Native Americans. I wish we knew more what happened at the end.
I finished the book today. It was a different book than I am use to reading. The author did a good job of portraying the thought processes of the different characters. It didn't bother me that the chapters jumped from one character to another. For me, that kept the story moving. What puzzled me was the title of the book. Usually the author has a character describe the title or use the title in a sentence or description and that lets you know why the book has that title. Other than a few instances of wolves in the book there wasn't any reason that I could see for the book having that title. The ending of the book left questions unanswered in my mind. After all the emphasis on the bone tablet throughout the book, at the end its significance is no longer important. That was strange. And we don't hear about the reunion of mother, father and son. We don't read of the reaction of Maria and Susannah to Donald's death. Parker simply goes away. Did the author run out of writing paper to complete her story?
It did end abruptly, didn't it? I wondered if the title had more to do with Parker than wolves. He was also originally seen as wild and frightening, yet ended up being tender. He understood wolves and explained them to Mrs. Ross, but was he really explaining himself?
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It took a while for me to get into this book, but once I did, it moved quickly. What I didn't like was the way it jumped from character to character without any indication of having changed characters. I also disliked how fragmented it felt to read it. On the other hand, I liked how it portrayed mental illness, homosexuality, and the relations between the British and the Native Americans. I wish we knew more what happened at the end.
I finished the book today. It was a different book than I am use to reading. The author did a good job of portraying the thought processes of the different characters. It didn't bother me that the chapters jumped from one character to another. For me, that kept the story moving. What puzzled me was the title of the book. Usually the author has a character describe the title or use the title in a sentence or description and that lets you know why the book has that title. Other than a few instances of wolves in the book there wasn't any reason that I could see for the book having that title. The ending of the book left questions unanswered in my mind. After all the emphasis on the bone tablet throughout the book, at the end its significance is no longer important. That was strange. And we don't hear about the reunion of mother, father and son. We don't read of the reaction of Maria and Susannah to Donald's death. Parker simply goes away. Did the author run out of writing paper to complete her story?
It did end abruptly, didn't it? I wondered if the title had more to do with Parker than wolves. He was also originally seen as wild and frightening, yet ended up being tender. He understood wolves and explained them to Mrs. Ross, but was he really explaining himself?
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