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jolovestoread's review against another edition
3.0
My main disappointment with this volume lays with the title. I picked this up hoping for a Christmas themed book but there is NO CHRISTMAS stuff. It starts out on Christmas Eve and Ashleigh wakes at the end on Christmas morning, but Christina never has a Christmas despite her birthday BEING ON THE SAME DAY. Perfect, easy set up. But NO apparently NOT! (I wonder if they named her Christina because she's born on Christmas Day)
I believe this novel is the right size for the story, but I think they lengthened some parts and shortened some parts. The stuff with ten year old Christina could have been cut down severely and we still would have gotten her bond with Jazz, and then there would have been more time to explain some things at length that needed it.
I don't think Christina's main issue towards the end of the book (which was the proper plot line they just took forever to get to it) was actually resolved. Her dream is to still become an Olympic rider yet she nearly wrecks her knee in the biggest comp at the end of the book. Does she find some alternate therapy which enables her to compete? Does she go for the Para Olympics? Does she slow down competing and finds joy in other things?
I also didn't think they explained the Folly situation properly. They should have said Christina needed a horse whilst she trained Jazz but it just fell to "there's no horse better than Jazz."
Overall, it was mediocre because it look way too long to get into the story. And I'm majorly disappointed because I wanted a Christmas story and did not get one.
I believe this novel is the right size for the story, but I think they lengthened some parts and shortened some parts. The stuff with ten year old Christina could have been cut down severely and we still would have gotten her bond with Jazz, and then there would have been more time to explain some things at length that needed it.
I don't think Christina's main issue towards the end of the book (which was the proper plot line they just took forever to get to it) was actually resolved.
I also didn't think they explained the Folly situation properly. They should have said Christina needed a horse whilst she trained Jazz but it just fell to "there's no horse better than Jazz."
Overall, it was mediocre because it look way too long to get into the story. And I'm majorly disappointed because I wanted a Christmas story and did not get one.
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