Audiobook9 hours
Blood Red Horse
Written by K. M. Grant
Narrated by Maggie Mash
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
K.M. Grant pens an exciting tale of historical fiction set in the 12th century. Will is permitted to chose his own warhorse now that he has turned 13. Much to everyone's amusement, he selects a rather small chestnut. But Will sees something magical in this horse. As they accompany King Richard on a crusade to the Holy Land, the noble stallion galvanizes young Will with his displays of strength, courage and loyalty.
Author
K. M. Grant
K. M. GRANT is the author of the acclaimed de Granville trilogy, the Perfect Fire trilogy, and How the Hangman Lost His Heart. She lives in Scotland and works as a writer and broadcaster. www.kmgrant.org
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Reviews for Blood Red Horse
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101 ratings7 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I was a bit worried starting this one because it's the first of a trilogy and I didn't have the other two books handy. Fortunately/unfortunately I shouldn't have worried because while this wasn't a bad book, I won't be rushing out to read the remaining two.
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. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When it is time for Will to choose a 'great horse' to ride when he is a knight, he chooses Hosanna - a small red stallion. WIll and Hosanna become inseparable and up going to the crusades together. The two of them endure many hardships, see many horrors and know much suffering but through it all Will remains constant to his horse, his family and Ellie, the friend he left back in England, who is betrothed to his brother.This is a gripping book that brings to life a dark period of history through the story of WIll and his horse.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Blood Red Horse by K. M. GrantA red horse, named Hosanna, is destined to take part in one of the fiercest battles of the Crusades. He belongs to William deGranville, who with his father and brother join King Richard the Lionheart on a journey to take Jerusalem out of the hands of Saladin the great Sultan. The horse is too small to be a proper destrier, one of the Great War Horses, but fast as the wind and able to turn tight corners, and William chooses him as his battle horse. Even King Richard senses that the horse's destiny and his own are intertwined, and touches the white star on Hosanna's nose for luck. And then, the unthinkable, Hosanna is captured by Kamil ad-Din, war aide to Saladin. Now they are to meet on the battle field, and who will come out the victor?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was a book that was highly recommended to me by one of the LA teachers at my school and it was a fabulous book. It's set during King Richard's Crusade to recapture the holy land. There are battles, schemes, and even some touching moments - most of which are centered around a red horse named Hosanna.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic YA historical fiction. I read this one to my 6th grade class as an interactive read. Lots of vocabulary but lots of opportunity for rich discussion about religion, hate, tolerance, fanaticism, etc...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blood and mayhem all throughout the book. Rated PG
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Set in the time of King Richard, the opening volume of this series surveys life in Britain from the perspective of the landed nobility. (Some knowledge of historical events prior to reading would be a definite plus.) Ellie, Gavin, and William are all privileged far beyond the average peasant. The products of a fairly lax up-bringing, the story concerns the trials each faces as they become adults. Events in the book are woven around Hosanna, the red horse of the book's title. The stallion's presence is both an inspirational and pacifying influence on the book's two and four-legged characters.I'm not a huge fan of historical fiction, but this was a decent enough treatment. It's a bit heavy in places, but the depictions of the horrors facing the crusaders as they traveled are riveting. I was a bit disappointed by how easily Ellie's predicament was resolved -- from a promising opening, her role in this installment of the series is fairly negligible. For the most part though, the characters are, if not fully fleshed out, at least engaging enough that I wanted to finish this volume to find out what happened to them. I probably won't make the effort to track down the next book for my own leisure reading, however.