Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

45 reviews

emjrey's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

An incredible story based around famous racehorse- covering his life just before the US civil war, and later looking back at his life through a story centering researchers and art. It does not shy away from talking about racism and slavery during the historical period but also in the modern setting.
 Thought this was fantastic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Animal cruelty

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

chickaboogawah's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

5.0

I loved this book by Geraldine Brooks. She is such a great author, and she skillfully wove the various storylines together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Trafficking, Colonisation, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Slavery, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Excrement

geminireader's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Belongs in the curriculum of education. Incredible and deeply emotional read. It is obvious the author put significant thought and research into this novel and handles the story with such care while also sending a powerful message. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Slavery, Racism, and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

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

hollyluia's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

authemmie's review

emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs

ahorowitz25's review

informative

4.5

As a lifelong horse girl, I loved the way Brooks wrote about the horses and their people. I just couldn’t give the book five stars, however, because Jess and Theo’s relationship was just so awkward and totally unnecessary to the plot.

There was no reason it was necessary for Theo to be killed at the end, and it really distracted from Jarret and Lexington’s story — which is what I picked up the book for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual violence, War, Racism, Trafficking, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Death of parent, Violence, and Animal death

booksandbabble's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Death, Blood, Slavery, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Pandemic/Epidemic

kyrajane's review

I’m not in the place to read it right now.  I looked up spoilers because I kept noticing my heart hurting.  
I know it’s an incredible book- I can tell!  Hopefully I can try again later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Animal cruelty