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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
A very nice read with a very interesting background, about horse and horseback riding world. I think this is the first time I read about it very in depth. The thrill and tension was built very well since the beginning, different POVs are told very good and they're very different from one another, the police interviews are a bit meh and clearly try to hide who the victim is The ending was nice and convenient, wrapped with a big pretty bow.
Spoiler
however the murder itself, the victim and the actor happened in a very anti-climactic way, a bit disappointing really with such a good lead up to it.
Love me some horse girl drama! This was very entertaining.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
***These are my random thoughts after finishing the book. Some of the thoughts are an overall review of the book, or any questions/feelings that nagged at me throughout. There will almost definitely be spoilers. Read at your own risk.*** ‐----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 stars
A little slow-paced
Great cover art
Interesting look into the world of horses
Not as many predictable tropes as other thrillers
Vida is the worst
4 stars
A little slow-paced
Great cover art
Interesting look into the world of horses
Not as many predictable tropes as other thrillers
Vida is the worst
3-ish stars I guess. I feel like it was better than OK. But am I the only one who found this book... how do I say... boring? The author either clearly knows the horse world, or did her research. My biggest problem with this book is that it's billed as a thriller, but it felt like for the vast majority of the book nothing. happened. There were horses. There were shallow characters being cruel to each other. I don't know if my problem with the characters was that I felt they should have been developed more, or that they were meant to be shallow and I just didn't like them. Either way, with a couple of fleeting exceptions, I just couldn't get invested in any of them. And there was no action. And yes, I know there's a murder (not a spoiler, it happens right up front), and we don't know who the killer, or the victim are until close to the end - but the pacing through the middle the story felt glacial. I feel like maybe this would have been better as a movie/TV show, or if it tightened up by 100 pages or so. And either the suspense or the characters needed to be more developed.
*Tangential note - There were a couple of spots where the author used a pretty specific or unique word or phrase twice on the same page. That is a pet peeve of mine, but that's just me. I'm reading along and I notice the word/phrase and think "that's cool/different/interesting", then halfway down the page my brain trips over it a second time, and I think "surely that wasn't the same word/phrase I was just so impressed by was it?" so I go back and look, and yes, yes it was. I feel like that's more an editing issue than a writing issue, and it's not a deal breaker. Just annoying.
*Tangential note - There were a couple of spots where the author used a pretty specific or unique word or phrase twice on the same page. That is a pet peeve of mine, but that's just me. I'm reading along and I notice the word/phrase and think "that's cool/different/interesting", then halfway down the page my brain trips over it a second time, and I think "surely that wasn't the same word/phrase I was just so impressed by was it?" so I go back and look, and yes, yes it was. I feel like that's more an editing issue than a writing issue, and it's not a deal breaker. Just annoying.
I don’t know how this was recommended to me because I’d normally never pick it up, but I’m glad I did.
4.5 stars. Delightful and salacious, this one swept me along. Family, money, and horses made up the themes, and the arc was perfectly constructed to build and collapse and resolve among all the characters. Just enough depth and complexity to each of them to dislike and love them each throughout the book. I wish the horses would have shown a little more personality rather than just backdrop/structure, though.
i just know hello sunshine production could do something good with this…
Horse girls? Cunty (positive), hot, rich
Horse boys? Evil, weird, sinister vibes
Horse boys? Evil, weird, sinister vibes