The Scorpio Races
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The Scorpio Races
Narrateur(s):
Steve West, Fiona Hardingham
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Narrateur(s):
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Steve West
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Fiona Hardingham
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Auteur(s):
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Maggie Stiefvater
Some race to win. Others race to survive. It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them. Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn't given her much of a choice. So she enters the competition-the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen. As she did in her bestselling Shiver trilogy, author Maggie Stiefvater takes us to the breaking point, where both love and life meet their greatest obstacles, and only the strong of heart can survive. The Scorpio Races is an unforgettable reading experience.
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I loved everything about this book.
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Sean and Puck are brilliant characters with distinct personalities and drives. Sean is more stoic and driven by the single goal of freedom for himself and his one-of-a-kind water horse. Puck is determined to save her family by competing in the same race with her own loyal steed. Their relationship has a plenty of layers and connections, making every scene with them compelling and down-to-earth.
Normally I like epic plots with grand scope, but this was a nice change of pace wherein the stakes were incredibly high, but the scale of the problem was a little smaller. By the race finally began, I was locked-in and eager to see what would happen.
The action is conventionally slow, but there is plenty of drama and danger that allow for thrilling moments, and Stiefvater's characters are so interesting that I was happy just to spend more time with them. Not to mention that the ending was heartfelt and satisfying with everything that had been happening throughout the book.
This story is a horse-lovers dream, filled with drama and relationships and respect for the incredible creatures. I love it the more I think about it and highly recommend it to everyone who loves horses.
Excellent Book About Characters
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I was a literal puddle of tears after I finished THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater. I went in expecting it to be good (because Stiefvater is bae) but I didn’t realize HOW good until I actually started it. I listened to this as an audiobook, ps. and I do recommend you do that. The narration was really good and I didn’t think it took away from the story at all. The narrators didn’t try to really mimic other voices, but made them different enough that you knew who was talking. Anyway, this is a story about people who love horses and the horses that love them back.
This one just had so much goodness to it. If you like Stiefvater’s writing style in THE RAVEN BOYS, then you will enjoy her writing in this one as well. I find her writing to be very unique to her character’s voices and I think that Puck and Sean were just beautifully constructed. They were two halves of the same whole while still being their own individual selves. I think I really liked that neither of them wanted to leave the island because I don’t like stories where someone gives up what they want for the other person. They both had end goals that were complimentary, which is nice (and rare in real life, but shhhh).
I loved the world building in this. It had enough fantasy elements to keep me interested, but also grounded enough in reality that I could picture it all very easily. I liked that everyone was aware of the “magic” surrounding the island and came all over to see it, but didn’t necessarily try to take it away from the island. I also liked that it felt like the sea itself was a character in this story because I think too often people forget that you have to treat the elements with respect or they will come back to haunt you for the rest of your days.
“You leave nothing to assumption,” Dory Maud says. “You swallow her with your eyes. I’m surprised there’s any of her left for the rest of us to see.”
THE CHARACTERS WERE JUST SO GOOD. Even the side characters served a purpose in this and weren’t just sounding boards for Puck and Sean. I also liked that Puck and Sean had some overlapping story arcs but that they also had their own direction and path to take. I think what I liked most is that Puck wasn’t doing this just to say she could do it and it didn’t become an “issue” book even though other characters tried to make it that way. She was just trying to do the best she could under the circumstances to keep her way of life. As I said in my status updates: Puck is bae. Sean is bae. They were both just GREAT characters. I hope you all get to know them soon.
“I didn’t know,” I start truthfully, “that it was the hard way when I started on it.”
Best Stiefvater book? Best Stiefvater book! This one has the delicacy and intrinsic nature of The Raven Cycle but with more romance and horses. And Puck. And Sean. So there’s that too. PS I CRIED AT THE END. Does that surprise you? It doesn’t surprise me.
One of my Favourite Books!
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Five stars!
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a) a standalone novel, which is so rare in YA these days;
b) not entirely driven-by or focused-on romance. Yes, there is some romantic tension, but the other factors are really what drives the action;
c) set on an invented island in an unnamed time period (we get hints but no outright declaration);
d) about monstrous horses. I was never a horsey girl myself, but there's something undeniably compelling about them;
e) dual-POV (you know I love a good book with multiple narrators!)
e) cliffhangery, without being manipulative. That being said (view spoiler)
For all these reasons, I would say that this is by far my favourite Steivater novel, no matter how much I enjoyed The Raven Boys. The voice actors were perfect and the author contributed a fantastic afterword, as well as scene-setting music. I highly recommend listening to it.
My new favourite Stiefvater
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