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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

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shreyas1599's review

adventurous dark emotional sad

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? Yes

4.0

‘Twas a very depressing read. Man is beastly and all through the book I found myself praying for the horses. But every circumstance was pure luck. And more often than not it’s bad luck and there’s nothing you can do about the hand you’re dealt with. You can make the most of trying to survive but that is where what is in your control ends. Almost all of the horses that black beauty encounters have a relatively worse off life than him. To be fair, it would not make for a good story if there was only hardships written for his character. But nonetheless, it was some saving grace to read the happy ending. But for me, the moral of this story is that life is not fair and most of the time there’s nothing you can do about it.

temichka123's review against another edition

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4.0

" Защото хората мислят единствено за личната си работа и не си правят труда да защитят потиснатите или да изложат виновника на показ."

" - Аз съм убеден в следното: забележим ли жестокост или неправда и имаме ли възможност да им попречим, ала не го направим, то половината вина падс върху нас. "

" Всеки човек трябва да гласува според собствената си съвест и да остави съседа си да стори същото. "

mirai_iro's review against another edition

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4.0

Re-read for Sofie

leavesofmytree's review

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informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

yesrachishere's review against another edition

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5.0

Black Beauty is a high spirit horse and does well for his owner but then he is sold and learns that not all masters are as kind. As he goes from master to master, he experiences hard work and that some men don't care about the well being of the horse. But Black Beauty is still so loyal to his masters and has an unbreakable spirit. It was beautifully written and getting to know Black Beauty was a treasure.

I really loved this classic! This was my first time reading it and though, I probably would have enjoyed even more when I was in grade school (I loved horses) and I still really enjoyed this story of the amazing Black Beauty.

He is treated so terribly and my heart goes out to him. Some men are so mean and push him too far. Far enough for him to break his knees and get sick and is not well taken care of. I grew up around horses and they are pretty big animals. If you treat them with kindness, they do remember that. But they also remember when you treated them terribly as well. Black Beauty never hurts his masters though. He works as hard as he can, even when he has no strength left. As Black Beauty is sold from master to master, we get to meet a lot of the other horses that he befriends and they usually tell him about their lives. Some of them are so sad and you just want to reach in the book and hug their necks.

I highly recommend this book to everyone! Not just children. It was easy to read and enjoyable. Definitely worth being a classic!

arielleck's review

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5.0

Such a sweet story. I’ve never seen the movie so I didn’t know what I was getting into. I also know nothing about horses. It was so neat to read it from the horse’s perspective.