Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

46 reviews

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense

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

5.0

I loved this book so much. I'm 32 and haven't had feelings over a horse book like this in decades. It was exactly what I needed right now and scratched my kelpie itch perfectly. The ending also

healed my White Fang wound from decades before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation

uselesspirateraven's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

raptorq's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism

holyk's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

keishbby's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: Death of parent

Several horses die violently. One cat is harmed, several sheep are killed off screen. Several humans die on and off screen.

billyjepma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

This is one of those books that sweeps you into a world you never knew you longed for. It revels in the folkloric—yet no-less believable—place it creates and breathes life into every one of its characters, no matter how fleeting their time on the page might be. Stiefvater's writing is just gorgeous, too, and her voice is poetic without being distracting, blunt without feeling shallow, and so precise that there were countless lines or turns of phrase that stopped me in my tracks. She has this way of describing things in a way you've never heard before and yet somehow feel like you grew up hearing them. I relished every moment spent in the story, every tensely held breath, every embarrassing gasp at the warm embers of an emerging romance, every profane word I shouted when the book threw another heartwrenching twist at me. I’m going to be coming to this one for a long time. 

Update (12/28/23): Somehow, it might be even better on a re-read? It’s such a rich, ferocious, and lived-in story, with a vividly persuasive sense of place that I can’t help but get immersed in. I love how genuine the nervy, anxious relationships are, and how much restraint Stiefvater shows in a lot of the pacing. It’s a patient, rewarding book with a raw, earthy quality that occupies you as much as you occupy it. I’m glad I went for the audiobook this time, too. Both narrators are perfect and give the characters the exact voices I always imagined. Love, love, love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content and Religious bigotry

vhispas's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

A ver solid 3. I struggled to get on board. It might be a little long. But I really love how the author builds and describes the evironment, small detalls about the charcaters and the water horses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail