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coradegan 's review for:
The Horse Whisperer
by Nicholas Evans
This book will always be special to me. When my Granda died my Mum found this book on his shelves while clearing out his house and gave it to me due to my love of horses. I was a child at the time and wasn't able to get through the first chapter (thankfully!!).
However as a young teenager I picked the book up again; and I barely set it down until I had devoured the whole thing.
Reading through the other reviews of this book I realised how much the age I read this book at had an impact in my reading of it.
Dispite the emphasis on her mother Annie for most of the book, Grace was always the main character for me. It was Grace who I could empathise with, it was Grace going through the emotional and physical healing process and, in fact, it was Annie who was the villain of the story. Not a complete villain; just the same way all our parents become a little villainous to us when we are teenagers. Many reviewers have stated a hatred of the book that has stemmed from the characterisation of the "main character" Annie. There is, however, at least one other reading of these characters to be interpreted.
Another effect of my age on my reading of the book was that I hadn't yet been assaulted with the repetitive, cliched, uninspiring, mundane overpopulation of the Chick Lit/Romantic/Romantic Comedy wall that is the first thing that greets you in any chain book store.
The Horse Whisperer was my first adult book. The raw pain and emotion was something I had not encountered in a book before; and neither have I encountered it in a book since.
This book may deal with the same "rehashing of themes like overcoming tragedy and adversity; the contrast between the ruthless, stress-filled corporate environment and the simpler, idealised fulfillment found in a ranching/farming life." (Review by: Caleb Liu) however I do believe it deals with those themes in a much more exciting, emotional and raw treatment than other books.
What I'm trying to say here is, don't paint all emotional books with the same brush.... The mass publishing of these genres has saturated the market with some truely repetitive crap but there are some diamonds amongst the fossilised dinosaur poop.
Finally, as my first adult novel, it had a real bona fide sex scene in it which provided endless nights of giggling at sleepovers. What doesn't deserve 5 stars for that??
However as a young teenager I picked the book up again; and I barely set it down until I had devoured the whole thing.
Reading through the other reviews of this book I realised how much the age I read this book at had an impact in my reading of it.
Dispite the emphasis on her mother Annie for most of the book, Grace was always the main character for me. It was Grace who I could empathise with, it was Grace going through the emotional and physical healing process and, in fact, it was Annie who was the villain of the story. Not a complete villain; just the same way all our parents become a little villainous to us when we are teenagers. Many reviewers have stated a hatred of the book that has stemmed from the characterisation of the "main character" Annie. There is, however, at least one other reading of these characters to be interpreted.
Another effect of my age on my reading of the book was that I hadn't yet been assaulted with the repetitive, cliched, uninspiring, mundane overpopulation of the Chick Lit/Romantic/Romantic Comedy wall that is the first thing that greets you in any chain book store.
The Horse Whisperer was my first adult book. The raw pain and emotion was something I had not encountered in a book before; and neither have I encountered it in a book since.
This book may deal with the same "rehashing of themes like overcoming tragedy and adversity; the contrast between the ruthless, stress-filled corporate environment and the simpler, idealised fulfillment found in a ranching/farming life." (Review by: Caleb Liu) however I do believe it deals with those themes in a much more exciting, emotional and raw treatment than other books.
What I'm trying to say here is, don't paint all emotional books with the same brush.... The mass publishing of these genres has saturated the market with some truely repetitive crap but there are some diamonds amongst the fossilised dinosaur poop.
Finally, as my first adult novel, it had a real bona fide sex scene in it which provided endless nights of giggling at sleepovers. What doesn't deserve 5 stars for that??