K. M. Grant
Författare till Blood Red Horse
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Grant, Katharine Mary (marriage)
Towneley, Katharine Mary (birth) - Andra namn
- Grant, Katie (nickname)
- Födelsedag
- 1958
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- England
- Bostadsorter
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK - Yrken
- journalist
broadcaster - Relationer
- Worsthorne, Peregrine (uncle)
Towneley, Simon (father) - Organisationer
- Scottish Daily Mail
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- Verk
- 13
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 1,200
- Popularitet
- #21,382
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 55
- ISBN
- 86
- Språk
- 4
The main problem is the characters - there's a lot of telling-not-showing here, and as a result I didn't feel connected to any of them. And I should have! There's a lot going on, a lot of tragedy, and a lot of growing up. But it always felt meh.
Also, my pet fucking peeve - don't write horses if you don't know horses! Or, also, don't publish horse books if you don't know horses.* This one wasn't the worst offender I've come across, but I found it hard to get past the point where the very ill horse lays on the ground and doesn't eat for days on end. Because... that should be a dead horse. They need to at least be standing and nibbling on some hay or their guts, legs and circulation are cactus.
*Seriously, can I get employed to read books and point out all the equine errors that authors make? Like a subject specialist editor. That'd be pretty much my dream job.… (mer)