Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

4 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mariposa517's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Cursing, Islamophobia, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

 Thought this won a Pulitzer, I didn’t love it. Maybe if I liked animals more, I might’ve loved it. Not sure. There were too many timelines and stories for me to track, and after all that saga, the way the story ended on the airplane sucked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, and War

atamano's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol