Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

6 reviews

marioosa517's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Racism, Police brutality, Slavery, Animal death, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: War, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Car accident

mamasuereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I appreciated the research the author did and I enjoyed learning about the race horse, art history, and the work done behind the scenes at the Smithsonian institutes.  This story was very sad to me and I don't enjoy reading about the past mistreatment of animals and humans knowing that it still exists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Grief, Slavery, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Police brutality

mitchelldavis1997's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Blood

atamano's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Gun violence, Police brutality, Animal death, and Classism

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death of parent, War, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Mass/school shootings, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity

kristalsty119's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

nora_knight's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This was a really interesting book. It told the story of horse racing in America and one particular horse in a very moving and interesting way, utilizing characters spanning 200 years. However, it also told a darker story of blackness in America and how rooted horse racing is in slavery. It was a moving, powerful book but the paragraphs and chapters were a bit long for my taste. Additionally, the story was told through many POVs but it would occasionally include other characters' thoughts and feelings during chapters which I found confusing and mostly unnecessary. This is a book that my mother and grandmother read and enjoyed, and it was lovely to discover the same story as two generations of women before me. Beautiful and important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Animal death, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Classism, Blood, War, Rape, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault