Book Club Report #13: The Scorpio Races
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ceruleanhailDiscovery:
Yet another Maggie Stiefvater book that Crystal highly recommends for November reading, because the book starts off with the sentence “It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.". I jumped into this book blind and started many books along with it, but this won the book race by capturing my attention enough to reach the end.
What's It About?:
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater is a standalone novel. The story is unfolded via two characters' POV: Sean Kendrick, a four-time champion veteran water-horse rider, and Puck Conolly, a rookie rider who intends to ride her normal horse against the dangerous water-horses typically used during the race. A story of hopes and dreams, of how characters inspired each other, of how there is more than just one's world.
General Thoughts (Mild Spoilers):
Book Discussion:
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Yet another Maggie Stiefvater book that Crystal highly recommends for November reading, because the book starts off with the sentence “It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die.". I jumped into this book blind and started many books along with it, but this won the book race by capturing my attention enough to reach the end.
What's It About?:
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater is a standalone novel. The story is unfolded via two characters' POV: Sean Kendrick, a four-time champion veteran water-horse rider, and Puck Conolly, a rookie rider who intends to ride her normal horse against the dangerous water-horses typically used during the race. A story of hopes and dreams, of how characters inspired each other, of how there is more than just one's world.
General Thoughts (Mild Spoilers):
- Initially iffy with Sean Kendrick, who is set up to be a broody veteran (Ms Stiefvater seems to likes her broody rebels!), but his POV development and eventual revelation of vulnerabilities are great.
- A story that blooms slowly but satisfyingly, every chapters just adds depth to the island and characters.
- Characters! Most of them have depth! Even Benjamin Malvern (or his son, Mutt), one may dislike them but one can understand the reason behind their action and reaction.
- George Holly is my fav character overall, his interaction with Sean is enjoyable but his character shines when he's with Puck.
- Finn is a precious boy and I'm glad everyone treated him well! ; v ; Love his great luck with money and subtle growth.
- I thought Gabe and Tommy had something, but they were just best friends... maybe they're "best friends".
- Witty sentences forced my finger into utilizing Kindle Highlight feature, I highlighted quite a few sentences in there.
- The chapters are short and quite easy to breeze through, but the style matches poorly with the climax. In fact, personally felt that climax is choppy to read due to the constant shifting POVs. It isn't an issue usually, but each chapter is usually divided with a "Chapter XXX" page, so every shift disconnects me from the story a bit....
- Last chapter made me teared! ;_;
Book Discussion:
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