Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

7 reviews

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I remember starting this when I was kid, as my grandparents collected these deals in the newspaper where each week you could use the token to collect one of their classics. It was such a cute promotion to get people reading, and I never for the life of me know what I did with that bag of classics! 

Anyway, memory over, it was time to get back to Black Beauty and hear the story of a horse, from youth to his forever home.

This was such an emotional story (I don't know how I didn't cry!). Black Beauty had been through so many hands, some highlighting the cruelty of people, whilst others showing the kindness the world can offer. He experienced it all and really had my heart in a vice grip.

Ginger's story within in Black Beauty's account was heartbreaking. Treated roughly from the start and passed from cruelty to cruelty, my heart ached for her.

What a beautiful classic. I don't think I can eloquently present my thoughts for this one, but it was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Death

readertate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

lot_be's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Quite slow paced, but the amazing writing style made up for it. Cried multiple times and felt so engaged with all the characters, even tho we're only with them for a couple chapters.
Skimmed the last 50 pages tho oop.

Ginger <33
Jhon, James, Joe and Jerry <3

I hate the lying cunts York and Reuben for not keeping promises. Sweet Ginger did not deserve to go through all that again and beauty never had to know it. George ain't any better.

Love the insights this book gave me. This book has so many implications about protests and rallys for horse welfare. The fact that horse mistreatment was a serious crime is so weird in a world where bairing reigns are normal. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Gore, and Blood

bookishlybecca's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Racial slurs

luananki's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

kindheits-ich hat sich ein sehr gutes lieblingsbuch mit wichtigem thema ausgesucht

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Body shaming

book_moth's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

curatoriallyyours's review

hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.0

A lovely read. It did get a bit preachy about treating animals with kindness but I can’t fault the logic in the message, which would have been revolutionary in its day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Death