Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

38 reviews

wild_mustang's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Car accident

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

mark_74's review against another edition

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

It's been about 40yrs since I first read this and I found it just as moving as I did the first time. Beautifull written, it takes you on an incredible journey of ups and downs in a horses life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: War

vagorsol's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

kathryn_hallows's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

scottyreadsstuff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

As a child, I started Black Beauty a few times but never finished it. I’m definitely glad I finally did! Overall, it’s a very good story! It was rather preachy about animal rights and religion (funnily enough, and this is coming from someone very religious). Then again, not only was that the point Anna Sewell was making when writing; but also, that was the convention for the time - especially for a children’s book.

If you’re interested in a good horse story and don’t mind the not-so-subtle activism, I’d recommend Black Beauty! :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death

hylian_narwhal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism

megmahoney1's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring sad fast-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

I am very fond of this story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

thatokiebird's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Black Beauty is the classic "autobiography of a horse" novel published in the 1870's. I have not read it before, I think because I tend to skip over children's books with animals because of the typical fate of said animal. Black Beauty is an important book helping shed light in an accessible way about the treatment of animals in the time when they were used as the primary mode of transportation, field work, and hunting. And it is a heartbreaking book, of course. 

The writing is told from Black Beauty's point of view, and follows his life as he exchanges owners, jobs, abuse and experiences. The book is a fairly short read, the audiobook is 5 hours long, but it's still a bit repetitive and generally so heavy and sad that it makes it feel longer than it is. I'm still glad I read it, as I continue working through the books that have been living on my TBR the longest which includes tons of classics such as this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

_ohheyisabella_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail