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Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
This is as good and solid a "talking animal" book as it comes, and rereading it again after all of these years has reminded me what amazing, wonderful, and often over-looked animals horses are. All too often in this day and age, horses are seen as merely "those things that cowboys ride" or "those things that rich spoiled white people buy for their rich spoiled white daughters", as vehicles or props, rather than living, breathing, intelligent creatures who deserve care and respect. In a "talking animal" subgenre that is overrun with dominated by cats and wolves, it is a refreshing and wonderful treat to read a story in which horses have a voice and take the center stage.
It's often labeled as a children's book, but there are quite a few scenes depicting gruesome deaths and animal cruelty that will be difficult for any reader to stomach, not just children. While it never quite reaches the same levels of heart-rending sadness as say, [b:The Plague Dogs|12442|The Plague Dogs|Richard Adams|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388951112s/12442.jpg|826957], it is still worth a warning label.
All the same, this is a lovely read for anyone who considers themselves an animal lover or anyone who once was (or still is) "nuts about horses".
Also, this is currently (as far as I know) the closest thing in existence to a "[b:Watership Down|76620|Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)|Richard Adams|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405136931s/76620.jpg|1357456] with horses". WHY DOESN'T THAT EXIST YET!?!?
It's often labeled as a children's book, but there are quite a few scenes depicting gruesome deaths and animal cruelty that will be difficult for any reader to stomach, not just children. While it never quite reaches the same levels of heart-rending sadness as say, [b:The Plague Dogs|12442|The Plague Dogs|Richard Adams|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388951112s/12442.jpg|826957], it is still worth a warning label.
All the same, this is a lovely read for anyone who considers themselves an animal lover or anyone who once was (or still is) "nuts about horses".
Also, this is currently (as far as I know) the closest thing in existence to a "[b:Watership Down|76620|Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)|Richard Adams|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405136931s/76620.jpg|1357456] with horses". WHY DOESN'T THAT EXIST YET!?!?