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Cargando... Dark Horsespor Susan Mihalic
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The writing is great and loved the parts about riding. However, the dark part of the book was too much for me. ( ) The jacket sums it up nicely: This book is "at the intersection of a commercial page-turner and urgent survivor story." My own spin on that is it's a story about child abuse that's a little too horny for my comfort. It was indeed a book I didn't want to put down, and I credit the straightforward prose for that, along with my desire to see how it ends in relation to her father. In terms of how it tackles abuse and the narrator's vocabulary regarding it (as well as how the father's "comeuppance" was treated), I'm perplexed. Abuse survivors do have complicated relationships with their abusers, and as one of them I know, but often we don't use terms that glorify situations, especially sexual ones. Every survivor is different, though, so who knows. All in all, this read like a titillating young adult novel with adult content. I would not say this is high lit but I also think it knows what it is and what it's marketed as. Go in expecting a sensationalized, dark story of child abuse, along with a YA love story — neither of which are as realistic as literature that deals with similar topics. If you're looking for a read like this that's embedded with realism, try My Dark Vanessa. Featured in a blog post at https://booksbeyondbinaries.blog/2021/01/18/new-year-who-dis/ sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember, have been ruled by her father, who demands strict obedience in all areas of her life. The warped power dynamic of coach and rider extends far beyond the stables, and Roan's relationship with her father has long been inappropriate. She has been able to compartmentalize that dark aspect of her life, ruthlessly focusing on her ambitions as a rider heading for the Olympics, just as her father had done. However, her developing relationship with Will Howard, a boy her own age, broadens the scope of her vision."--Publisher. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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