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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Okay. Many other reviewers have stated this book's many cons. How it took over three hundred pages of the book for the rising action.
Personally, though, I liked it. Maggie Stiefvater had a huge chunk of rising action, but that entire part added to the already growing suspense: Would Puck finally decide to switch to a capall uisce? Would Sean win... and would Dove be torn to shreds on the racetrack? Or would Puck win... and Sean give up Corr? And one of my biggest revelations during the story:
What if both crossed the finish line at the same time?
Needless to say, all these questions swirling around my head while reading fervently excited me. I love suspense, I hate suspense, suspense is wonderful when it's written right.
So yes, maybe I was a tad disappointed with the race being only two or three dozen of pages, but it certainly lived up to the excitement. I felt like I could *hear* the horses' pounding hooves, and feel the dust and sand brushing my skin, the heat of the day. And especially the ravaging lust the capalls held for the ocean and blood.
And the ending? Puck joined the hall of tough kickass heroines. The last chapter made me cry, I'll admit it. Throughout the book, Corr and Sean's relationship... well, I've never really seen one like it. In a way, they both trust each other (Corr really only lets Sean handle him; Sean always chooses Corr to ride) and yet in another way, they don't trust each other at all. After all, Sean is a human and Corr is one of many of the feared capaill uisce.
In my opinion, The Scorpio Races was a much better book than Shiver, which I felt had a little too much "love at first sight". The romance was well done in The Scorpio Races. Slow, natural, and didn't away away from the attraction of the story (the Scorpio Races and the capaills).
In closing, The Scorpio Races is now one of my favorite books of all time. I'll be looking forward to Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Boys series now!
Esto suele pasarme con las historias que son más de trama que de personajes, pero me da especial rabia en esta historia porque creo que tenía muchísimo potencial para profundizar en los dos protagonistas, que ya son interesantes con lo poco que muestra de ellos.
Supongo que también me hubiera gustado un final más desarrollado, que cuando ha llegado la nota de autora me he quedado con el culo roto pensando que me darían uno o dos capítulos más.
A grandes rasgos es una historia que me ha gustado, tiene una ambientación estupenda y te sumerge de lleno en la isla y sus costumbres, pero a la que le hubiera añadido más diálogo y profundidad de personajes.
Could be a little slow at times, which is why i brought it down a star, but overall this book was REALLY good. The world building was beautiful and Maggie Stiefvater's writing style was perfect for the material. The ending was also absolutely adorable
At first, I was put off by the immediate and brutal violence in the book. I don't like violence and I certainly do not like reading about it. Every time I was able to readjust and forget the violence a new burst would come forth. I was caught off guard by the violence and the author's power to illustrate the image so clearly. That's a personal issue though.
Despite my disgust for violence, I could not put the book down. I felt like the setting and characters were very realistic. I could see the Connelly home, Skarmouth and Malvern Stables in my mind throughout the entire book. I love how the physical description of characters was kept to a minimum and only the smallest amount was given,as was all that was needed. I like to craft and flesh out characters and setting myself in my own head. So, the fact that the author gives you small yet succinct description allowed for this.
The story is told from the first character point of view of both Puck and Sean. I love this switch and felt it added more depth to the ongoing story. I could not relate to Puck or to Sean but I found each of their characters realistic and I was sympathetic to their lots in life. Despite that, neither of them let the tragedies of their pasts define them. I loved the myth of the waterhorses and how the author made it her own. She used the myth to add purpose to her plot but not to over take it. They were a nice appetizer to the main dish of sean and puck's stories.