The book spans many generations, from the 1800's to current day, where interconnectedness seems serendipitous. As a reader, I rooted for those who had high ethics, integrity and work ethic...yet their efforts were often thwarted by those with different values. While I appreciate Brooks' intent with the different points of view and the varying timelines to show the connection between slavery and current day racism, I am frequently aware that I am reading a book with this framework rather than being carried seamlessly from section to section and being propelled forward by the narrative. I’ve never been a horse-or pony girl….but I’m at least a part-time Geraldine Brooks girl. “People of the Book”, was one of my favorites. After Jess graduated, the Smithsonian offered her a four month contract to go to French Guiana to collect rainforest specimens. Not many girls from Western Sydney did this.

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Australian-born Geraldine Brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney, and attended Bethlehem College Ashfield and the University of Sydney. She worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald for three years as a feature writer with a special interest in environmental issues.

I love a good horse story and it was such a joy to read about Lexington, his incomparable talent, and dedicated groom/trainer Jarret. If the book had just been about them and the paintings, I would have given it five stars. The storyline of Theo and Jess was disjointed and distressing. It is too bad as Jess's character was the connection to the Lexington skeleton. She just was not believable nor was her relationship with PHD student Theo. I do give Brooks points for managing COVID in the modern narrative. And Clancy the Kelpie was definitely a delightful piece of the narrative. It is set in parallel - the history of a horse and his slave groomer in the 1850’s and a painting that has survived the century to the present day & how the piece was discovered discarded. During the oldest sections, dealing with the horse Lexington's birth through to his final days, my favorite character was Thomas Scott. He was the frontier artist who painted several images of Lexington at various stages of his life, sometimes including his most important humans, such as Jarrett the groom/trainer. Scott's letter, written to his dear friend from the field hospital of the battlefield, is pitch perfect in its poignant descriptions of war wounds, both visible and invisible. Those elements of the book were, by far, the best parts of the book and if it had just encompassed them, the overall rating would have been at least two stars higher. As it is, though, the rest of the book is dragged down by its polemic agenda. The author clearly has an affinity for horses, which made the relationship between Jarret and Lexington all the more poignant. I felt the intense love between human and horse, and appreciated the subtle way Brooks connected revelations about the horse from the past with its legacy and bones in the present. I loved learning about the field of osteology and art history – and even the national fascination with horse racing.

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urn:oclc:843342613 Republisher_date 20130617063622 Republisher_operator [email protected] Scandate 20130614072437 Scanner scribe2.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Worldcat (source edition) There are many historical characters in this novel, but it is the characters brought to life by Brooks who drive the narrative and vie for your love and empathy. Characters who, although living in different centuries are bound together by the painting. I try very hard not to be the kind of person who says that white people should not write from the POV of POC, but really, if this is the best you can do, white people should not write from the POV of POC. Was a good story throughout mostly but then the author had to get preachy. I can only take so much beating over the head, before I lose interest.Horse" is a pretty mediocre novel that I would normally give three stars. There is nothing in this book that stands out as particularly excellent except maybe the research that went into it. Characters are bland, the plot is predictable, pacing is slow and dull. There is nothing particularly offensive about it, but there is nothing all that amazing about it either. This book is far more of a horse book than it is about race issues. This novel is also about the relationship between Jarret and Lexington. Jarret’s love for this amazing animal. A love that is obviously reciprocated. It is about Jarret trying to buy his freedom, and escape from a world of slavery and oppression. It is about a country on the cusp of change. Brooks is brilliant! Even when the synopsis of her book doesn't seem interesting, she proves the reader wrong, time and time again. Combining the story of a legendary race horse in the past with the racial injustice that was rampant then, with the racial injustice that is still present now, is masterful. At first I was much more invested in the past story but by books end I was thoroughly I found the melding of horse racing and the civil war very intriguing. I never contemplated thoroughbred horse racing and slavery. Other POV’s are added which enriched the story, although Jarret and Theo drive the plot.

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stars. I enjoy Brooks' writing and have read all of her novels. Really wanted this to be a 5 star winner for me, but it didn't quite get there. I was excited that she chose for her subject the racehorse Lexington, as I had some familiarity with Boston, having done research on him for a mini bio of him that I wrote for a library database in my home county in Virginia. And I'm a longtime fan of Sir Archie, the grandsire of Boston and who is considered the first and greatest American racehorse, as well as the ancestor of many of the greatest horses in American racehorse history.

The author clearly spent a lot of time researching this book. However, the author had a hard time letting go some of her research, and the pacing seemed off. The paragraphs were too long, impacting the storytelling, and I wanted to ask the author to read an Andy Weir novel to get a better feel for how to move the plot forward. Geraldine Brooks' book, Horse, is a rich tapestry that combines horse racing, race relations, art, love, greed, ego, slavery, betrayal, and ambition into a memorable story.