Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

13 reviews

lectora21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Sexism, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

marieketron's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I was expecting the plot to take a pattern similar to the hunger games, with the races taking place around the mid point. As instead the race only happens at the end, I felt like the plot dragged a bit. But in the end I also feel like the slow village life and romance made for proper worldbuilding and atmosphere setting, so if you’re into that this may be the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

silver_valkyrie_reads's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

Nothing I want to say about this book does it justice:

"For if you want to read a book about E Nesbit style orphans, but also with killer fairy horses!"

Or,

"An enjoyable read. Very pleasant."

 But the upshot is, this book had a different mood from what I anticipated, but I enjoyed it, and will be adding other books by the author to my TBR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death