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Starting when I was a young, horse crazy child and saw the Disney movie, Miracle of the White Stallions, I began my love affair with the gorgeous White Stallions of Vienna. Since that movie, I've been lucky enough to see the horses on both an American tour as well as inside the incredible architecture of their hometown. Once I knew there was a book written about their trials I knew I had to read it.
To say it took me a while to get through The Perfect Horse is an understatement. At first I blamed it on the timing; I had just lost my own horse and didn't want to punish myself more by reading about horses in war. Once I finally felt up to completing the book I was bogged down with so many unnecessary details of minor persons and repetitive descriptions. The first 2/3's is filled with tedious background information leading up to the actual rescue. I also thought it was pretty cheesy that the author chose to portray the horses with human emotion. I love horses, I love their personalities, but no, "the stallion seemed to understand that panicking would only make matters worse." (One of the last offending sentences I could find).
The final 1/3 I found the most interesting when the author discussed what actually happened to the additional horses the military ending up saving from the Russians. I had no idea that they brought many of the excess horses to the USA to auction off. I wish the rest of the book would have been that interesting instead of this barely 3* rating.
I think to really enjoy this book you have to have a strong interest in military history or love horses and aren't already familiar this particular story.
To say it took me a while to get through The Perfect Horse is an understatement. At first I blamed it on the timing; I had just lost my own horse and didn't want to punish myself more by reading about horses in war. Once I finally felt up to completing the book I was bogged down with so many unnecessary details of minor persons and repetitive descriptions. The first 2/3's is filled with tedious background information leading up to the actual rescue. I also thought it was pretty cheesy that the author chose to portray the horses with human emotion. I love horses, I love their personalities, but no, "the stallion seemed to understand that panicking would only make matters worse." (One of the last offending sentences I could find).
The final 1/3 I found the most interesting when the author discussed what actually happened to the additional horses the military ending up saving from the Russians. I had no idea that they brought many of the excess horses to the USA to auction off. I wish the rest of the book would have been that interesting instead of this barely 3* rating.
I think to really enjoy this book you have to have a strong interest in military history or love horses and aren't already familiar this particular story.