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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

7 reviews

chelseamayxxx's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This is such a classic read and I really enjoyed reading it but I did found it slow to read and some parts of the book did bore me and didn’t grasp my interest at all. I can appreciate the story behind black beauty and I can appreciate how it’s told and how it’s written. I really didn’t like the animal cruelty in this book at all and I found that very hard hitting to read. The way the story is told is done really well and told in so much detail. Overall it was a okay read, xx
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bookishlybecca's review against another edition

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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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scottyreadsstuff's review against another edition

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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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luananki's review against another edition

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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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book_moth's review against another edition

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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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greerd's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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curatoriallyyours's review against another edition

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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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