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True Blue by Jane Smiley

gmamartha's review

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3.0

Interesting family here. I suppose if I had read previous stories about this family it would have been better. I like the main character's reactions to life. Hardly ever read about a strict, loving family these days. Just not sure of the "purpose" or goal of this book. It covered many aspects all at once, with a couple different "morals."

yapha's review against another edition

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4.0

I'm really enjoying this series of middle grade horse books. Abby faces some new and different challenges in this one, including a close encounter with what may or may not be a ghost. Recommended to horse lovers in grades 4 and up.

chobrowny's review

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2.0

The ending felt very rushed, without the blurb I'm not sure we would of known what the plot of the book was and it didn't explain who/what the ghost was! Rant over was an OK book. (2 stars by good reads definition is an OK book)

mcurry1010's review

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2.0

an intriguing plot that completes fizzles out; interesting setting/characters but found the amount of detail on the care/riding of horses became tedious; tyrannical father figure that we're supposed to believe is really ok.

rainweaver13's review

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5.0

These books continue to take me back to my pre-teen years and my horse mania. I'm loving them. The only small ding I have about this one is that it spends much of the book setting up this "Is there or isn't there a ghost?" but then ends before addressing the central mystery.

The cynic in me wonders if this was written as a longer book and split by the publisher into two in order to make more sales. It happens. I'll be interested to see what happens in the next book.
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