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A review by chidseaotters
Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen
1.0
This was pretty bad. The main character was completely insufferable. Lazy, selfish, unbelievably incompetent and SO annoying. The worst part is, she wasn't even supposed to be an unsympathic narrater. I think I was actually supposed to feel bad for her! Uh, no thanks, she's a histrionic moron who I am shocked is able to even tie her own shoes in the morning.
Also, the plot bordered on the ridiculous. I'm sorry, but within the course of a day, you got laid off, your husband left you for a younger woman, your daughter flunked out of school, AND you find out your estranged father has ALS? Because that's believable. I might have let that go if not for the fact that later on, you have another extremely unlikely day of shit- your daughter runs away from home, you fight and break up with your boyfriend, your dad kills himself w/ the help of your mom, AND you run around perpetrating insurance fraud in order to save your dead horse's presumed-dead brother?? All in the same day? Ok, sure.
OY. Should have trusted the reviews on this one.
Also, the plot bordered on the ridiculous. I'm sorry, but within the course of a day, you got laid off, your husband left you for a younger woman, your daughter flunked out of school, AND you find out your estranged father has ALS? Because that's believable. I might have let that go if not for the fact that later on, you have another extremely unlikely day of shit- your daughter runs away from home, you fight and break up with your boyfriend, your dad kills himself w/ the help of your mom, AND you run around perpetrating insurance fraud in order to save your dead horse's presumed-dead brother?? All in the same day? Ok, sure.
OY. Should have trusted the reviews on this one.