Reviews - Black Beauty Illustrated

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Black Beauty Illustrated

Anna Sewell

3.79 AVERAGE

evey_ack's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shaunamovo's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I am very familiar with the story of Black Beauty. I watched the 1994 version of the film a lot as a child, so I was very interested to see what the book was like.

This a very sad book. I'm so happy Black Beauty got his happy ending. There is an air of sadness that remains to end though. As Beauty mentions that he often believes himself to still be at Britwick before he fully wakes up. With his friends under the apple trees...

marsremijn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ashleysas's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

zenit's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

megan_lindell's review against another edition

3.0

Took me back to my childhood Pony Pals days — and also my invisible horse Ginger who I took VERY good care of and was the best of all the invisible horses. It’s probably a sin to put Black Beauty in the same category as Pony Pals? Whatever.

tiara143's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

heiditighe's review against another edition

3.0

This book is a series of anecdotes told by a horse as he ages and moves from owner to owner. Rather than having an overarching story line or a character arc, the book contains many small scenes, many of which are morality tales about the evils of alcohol and/or how to properly care for and treat a horse. This isn't to say that they're horribly boring. The voices are about as entertaining as moralizing voices can be, and it's not a bad read. I don't know that I would have finished it had I not been listening to the audiobook version, but having completed it, I'm glad that I did and I actually was edified by some of the lessons.

lacey__smith's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

bookishlybecca's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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