The Black Stallion and Flame [Paperback]

Walter Farley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 165 pages
• Publisher: Random House
• ISBN-10: 0394861108
• ISBN-13: 978-0394861104
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An odd book, March 9, 2005

By 

"Leigh" "Horse-lover & Avid Reader" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Black Stallion and Flame (Paperback)

I have no idea where Walter Farley got the idea for this book. It was definitely one of his stranger ones! The Black ends up shipwrecked on Azul Island, the home of Flame. This is exciting enough to me, but Walter Farley throws in a rabid vampire bat for some reason! To make things even odder, the bat keeps dive-bombing and attacking horses in the herd which somehow ends up with Flame and The Black working together. It is quite unrealistic. I am not saying the two stallions should have killed each others; whatever Walter Farley likes to say about "killer wild stallions", 95% of fights between stallions don't result in serious injuries, let alone death. Stallions want to win, not murder each other. However, I don't think the two of them would have teamed up to face the "horrible menace" of the rabid bat. Also, bats do not display rabies. It has been proven that they can carry it with apparently no ill effects, so to have a foaming-at-the-mouth, "insane" bat attacking full grown horses is ludicrous! Vampire bats don't attack anything; they sneak up on SLEEPING animals, make a tiny cut, and lap up the blood without even waking the victim due to special chemicals in their mouths. So in all, a rather disappointing book in my opinion. I love The Black and Flame, but this was not one of the better books involving them.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Black Stallion and Flame, September 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Black Stallion and Flame(Black Stallion ) Paperback (Paperback)

In The Black Stallion and Flame, Alec and the Black are in a plane wreck when flying over the Caribbean. The chapters then alternate between Alec and Henry, who make there way to a populated island, and the Black, who makes his way to a nonpopulated island. Alec and Henry are looking for the Black when they discover that a deadly diseased vampire bat is on the loose. Meanwhile the Black finds his way onto an island through a tiny passage that is almost invisible. Alec and Henry take a boat out looking for the Black and discover the island that he is on, but they can't figure out how to get onto it (this is the same island from The Island Stallion, for those of you who have read it). Alec realizes that the bat has traveled in their boat with them to the island! The Black meets Flame, the Island Stallion, but it doesn't use the name "Flame" in the story so unless you have read The Island Stallion, you have no idea who the "Flame" in the title is. Anyway, they are battling! But then the bat comes onto the island and starts trying to attack them! Will the horses team up to defeat the deadly bat, or will one (or both) of the heroes die (either thru battle or from the bat)? And there's the big question looming over it all: Will Alec find his horse? And if he does, will the Black be willing to give up his new life in the wild for the world of racing? This is a super book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars darnit!, July 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Black Stallion and Flame (Paperback)

I got so excited when I saw this book! My favorite horses in the world by my very favorite author! It started well, but somehow it didn't grip as well as all the rest of Farley's. Still worth the price and the read, but not up to the Farley par. The story is good, but the details don't wrap me up, and the tension doesn't build as strongly. Read it anyway.