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sophia_sol) wrote2014-03-02 09:51 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2014-03-02 09:51 pm
The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
I would have been a million percent into this book as a kid when I eagerly read every single horse book I could, and I will not lie, I am super into it now as well. It is basically Misty of Chincoteague with MAN-EATING WATER HORSES awww yeah. SUPER INTO IT.
I like both the main characters and I like their relationship with each other and I like how they're both so passionate and driven, and so connected to the island despite all its danger. I like how small-town the island is. I like the clear long history of the island, the island's people, and the water horses. And I love love love the water horses!
When halfway through this book I went online and read some reviews, so I spent the entire second half of the book angrily debunking the bad reviews in my head as I read. It was very satisfying. I turned out to be extremely protective of this book! It doesn't do everything perfectly (for example I am not a huge fan of the conjunction of first person with present tense. It just feels very false, because how could a person ever tell about what's happening to them AS IT'S HAPPENING?) but largely it's REALLY REALLY GREAT.
But okay the author's note at the end mentions that early attempts to write this book included attempts to include the aspect of the folk stories about water horses where the horses can turn into humans and seduce people into the water? but it didn't work for her? wellllll now I really want Sean/Corr in a version of events where the water horses can indeed turn human. UM WHOOPS
(also I will not lie George Holly is my favourite. I just really like him! Mmmaybe I want Holly/human!water-horse?)
(WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME I HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME IN TRAGIC FANDOMS OF LATE I THINK)
I would have been a million percent into this book as a kid when I eagerly read every single horse book I could, and I will not lie, I am super into it now as well. It is basically Misty of Chincoteague with MAN-EATING WATER HORSES awww yeah. SUPER INTO IT.
I like both the main characters and I like their relationship with each other and I like how they're both so passionate and driven, and so connected to the island despite all its danger. I like how small-town the island is. I like the clear long history of the island, the island's people, and the water horses. And I love love love the water horses!
When halfway through this book I went online and read some reviews, so I spent the entire second half of the book angrily debunking the bad reviews in my head as I read. It was very satisfying. I turned out to be extremely protective of this book! It doesn't do everything perfectly (for example I am not a huge fan of the conjunction of first person with present tense. It just feels very false, because how could a person ever tell about what's happening to them AS IT'S HAPPENING?) but largely it's REALLY REALLY GREAT.
But okay the author's note at the end mentions that early attempts to write this book included attempts to include the aspect of the folk stories about water horses where the horses can turn into humans and seduce people into the water? but it didn't work for her? wellllll now I really want Sean/Corr in a version of events where the water horses can indeed turn human. UM WHOOPS
(also I will not lie George Holly is my favourite. I just really like him! Mmmaybe I want Holly/human!water-horse?)
(WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME I HAVE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME IN TRAGIC FANDOMS OF LATE I THINK)
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