Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

9 reviews

marycage's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

lmcarr0314's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

3.0

This book was okay, The story itself was good. The multiple POVs in this story were not my favorite and were a little confusing at times for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Police brutality

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

thing_a_ling's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Islamophobia

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

avillard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape

chelsl's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Police brutality

Minor: Rape

winn_e's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape

andrea_paigee's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

nora_knight's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This was a really interesting book. It told the story of horse racing in America and one particular horse in a very moving and interesting way, utilizing characters spanning 200 years. However, it also told a darker story of blackness in America and how rooted horse racing is in slavery. It was a moving, powerful book but the paragraphs and chapters were a bit long for my taste. Additionally, the story was told through many POVs but it would occasionally include other characters' thoughts and feelings during chapters which I found confusing and mostly unnecessary. This is a book that my mother and grandmother read and enjoyed, and it was lovely to discover the same story as two generations of women before me. Beautiful and important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism