Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks, Geraldine Brooks

4 reviews

bookloca's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

There is a lot of technical jargon, complicated wording, and French phrases that are necessary in some case. The theme of this book can be confusing, although the storyline seems clear. The person who reads this book will have to enjoy reading between the lines and reading in context.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and War

ashdawn's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

This one was VERY over-hyped. I had heard so much about this book, and at least I can say it was well researched. The story of Lexington and of Jarrett was well thought out, creative, and brought attention to a side horse racing history that not many people talk about. 

It meshes in what is considered to be a more "modern" training method of liberty training/positive reinforcement/relationship based training. Now, those methods are becoming more popular, but for the time period this is set it would have been revolutionary training. I feel like it works well for the story, even if I don't know how far back that would have been acceptable way of training, especially from a slave who would not have had a choice if his master wanted otherwise. 

It really did not need to be told by six different points of view, especially with multiple being in each time period being discussed. It really hampered the ability to have really good depth to characters. With that many perspectives, it also brought a ton of rabbit trail stories in. Most of the perspectives did not add much, and I would have preferred to see a story more about Lexington and Jarrett as his trainer. Mostly Scott and Jarrett's perspectives, with maybe a prologue and epilogue from one of the more modern characters tying it all together, if it had multiple perspectives at all. 

I've read other books by this author, and contrary to what everyone else seems to be saying, this is not one of my favorites by her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Racism and Slavery

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mariposa517's review against another edition

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

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

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