dandelmouse 's review for:

Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

4.0

---

According to the Kindle progress bar, it took me more than halfway through before I got into it but by the time the narrative reached the long-awaited match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral, I was hooked. Based on the Times magazine article on Hillebrand, I expected to be dazzled by her writing style so with those high expectations, I was somewhat let down. But the story itself was so much more fascinating than I expected from a "horse story" that it was certainly a worthwhile read. Though admittedly the only other book I can recall reading about a horse was National Velvet in elementary school. Give me a unicorn over a horse, any day.