Please forgive the title pun. Well, since I've never said this before, I’m home schooled, and part of my curriculum is reading books of my choosing. Well, I chose Black Beauty (by Anna Sewell) this time, since I had lost Bridge to Terabithia and had read a chapter of it from my reading textbook, which sparked my interest. Now, if I may go ahead and say this, Black Beauty is 50 chapters of pure horsey glory. But I’m getting a bit ahead of myself.
Well, this book is certainly something different: an autobiography of a horse! The surprising thing is it’s actually well written, and written in the English language rather than “Horseish.” So, let’s get down to business. The title character, Black Beauty, is a horse who first grows up on a farm and then is periodically sold to different masters, enduring both good times and bad. Sound good? No, but that’s just a summary. To delve deep into the story would take a bit too long for one review, and drop too many spoilers, but I can say that there is a good plot in here, as well as likable characters.
Yes, likable characters. Perhaps a bit TOO likable. Many characters that Black Beauty (who is a boy and not a girl, by the way, which is puzzling because of the name) meets have had very hectic lives with ill-treated masters, and they actually make it sound pretty sad. Then, later in the book, Anna Sewell spews that hatred over her characters again, and it really made me sad. That’s really the most glaring flaw this book has. And while the characters in question ARE fictional horses, they think, talk, and act like humans (well, at least to each other), which makes you get a real feel for them.
It took me months to finish this book. Not because it was long, but because of my plodding (or trotting) pace. I only read two chapters a day, while there were, like, fifty of them (and they are short)…and then Christmas break came. It was worth it, though.
So, I recommend this book to any age and demographic, because it’s a great book--case closed.
Overall: Pure Greatness! Truly a beauty of a book.
Well, this book is certainly something different: an autobiography of a horse! The surprising thing is it’s actually well written, and written in the English language rather than “Horseish.” So, let’s get down to business. The title character, Black Beauty, is a horse who first grows up on a farm and then is periodically sold to different masters, enduring both good times and bad. Sound good? No, but that’s just a summary. To delve deep into the story would take a bit too long for one review, and drop too many spoilers, but I can say that there is a good plot in here, as well as likable characters.
Yes, likable characters. Perhaps a bit TOO likable. Many characters that Black Beauty (who is a boy and not a girl, by the way, which is puzzling because of the name) meets have had very hectic lives with ill-treated masters, and they actually make it sound pretty sad. Then, later in the book, Anna Sewell spews that hatred over her characters again, and it really made me sad. That’s really the most glaring flaw this book has. And while the characters in question ARE fictional horses, they think, talk, and act like humans (well, at least to each other), which makes you get a real feel for them.
It took me months to finish this book. Not because it was long, but because of my plodding (or trotting) pace. I only read two chapters a day, while there were, like, fifty of them (and they are short)…and then Christmas break came. It was worth it, though.
So, I recommend this book to any age and demographic, because it’s a great book--case closed.
Overall: Pure Greatness! Truly a beauty of a book.
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