Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Read December 2021 - Zoom Reading Circle

I must be very far off the norm, but I did not like this book.  I could appreciate the way of writing from a historical standpoint.  But I didn't like the story and felt it shouldn't be a children's book.  I think only city folks would enjoy this - no actual connection to real rural life, as far as my experiences show.  I did not like the agony and torture of raccoons (even though I am not a fan of raccoons!)  I didn't like the brutality with, and to, the dogs.  There was no need for that.  It is not the way to manliness.  I remember seeing a movie version of this book, probably back in school at some point, and hating it.  Same feeling now that I have read the book.