The Horse Whisperer

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Summary: Never have I got so close to characters in a book.
Review: I consider this book one of my all time top ten. The characters seem so real to me that I found myself thinking about them for weeks after I had read it. The story kept me turning pages late in to the night and wishing it would never come to an end

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Summary: A GRIPPING, HEARTWRENCHING JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
Review: This incredible book took me on a spiritual journey. It wasn't really about horses like most people expected from the cover, but about Whisperer's who heal broken spirits. Spirituality and communication are key words in this first novel by Evans. From the descriptive opening to the explosive Fourth of July ending, this book gripped my soul and my heart. Tears damped several pages, as I read the last 50 or so for the second time. Spiritual messages were received and implanted subliminally. I will never forget this book or the tragic ending. This book is "FOOD FOR THE SOUL."

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Summary: wonderful, excellent, very powerful
Review: This was a book I couldn't put down, every page was interesting, even though I usually take my time reading a novel, I finished in record time, with a couple of sleepless nights. A definite winner, an excellent first novel

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Summary: Yuck!!!!
Review: This book (I refuse to call it literature) was a big waste of my time. I was told this was a great book (obviously by people with bad taste) and forced myself through the whole book assuming something would change and I would see why it was so great. Nothing ever happened. This book is not even good enough to sit on my bookshelf. My husband and I are having a ceremonial book burning of this book this weekend so that nobody else will suffer through it

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Summary: Didn't finish it
Review: I was intrigued by the legend of horse whisperers, but found this book unbelievable. For one, the book starts off in the viewpoint of a truck driver, who, other than being responsible for the accident, played no real part in the story by the time I quit reading. Also, a good friend of mine is an amputee who lost her leg right after eighth grade, and I spent a lot of time with her after the accident. Believe me, she wasn't up on crutches very quickly at all. Granted, I tried to read the Reader's Digest condensed version, so they may have had to cut a lot of scenes, but the girl's seemingly short recovery time just didn't feel realistic. Not only that, but I didn't like her mother--she was not a sympathetic character to me, so I never got as far as Montana. Therefore, I can't say what I thought of the character the book was named after

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Summary: GREAT FIRST HALF BUT FADES AT THE END
Review: It's too bad Mr. Evans didn't follow through with the interesting situation he set up. The pat conclusion does not do the rest of this wonderful novel justice. It's as if he just got tired of writing so he ended it

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Summary: The worst book I've read for a long time
Review: Sometimes there are books which make you laugh, there are some which make you cry. Equally important are books which make you angry, all the more when you think they're not worth to be read at all. But the crucial thing is: all these books change you in one way or other. I guess that's what literature is all about. The worst case would be when a book leaves you cold. This is what happened to me when I was reading 'The Horse Whisperer'. This novel is hackneyed, the characters are flat, and the whole story is one you have heard a hundred times over. The is really nothing exciting at all about it. An artificial and superficial piece of bad work from cover to cover

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Summary: Trash
Review: This book started out with great promise and finished up with a horrible ending, glorifying adultery and senseless death. The author has excellent use of language and description, but a distorted idea of how to weave an uplifting plot. Grace might have been better served by an honorable mother and a cowboy who thought more of a young girl's life than his own hormones. This book was a big disappointment

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Summary: A beautiful Story
Review: A novel of epic proportions. Beautifully written, and deep understanding of horses, people and relationships. A very hard book to put down, once I began reading. As a horse lover, I understood alot of what "the horse whisperer" was trying to convey. A novel recommended for everyone, whether into horses or not. I think the ending was out of character for Tom, but thought that maybe he sacrificed his life (showing his palms to the stallion), because, I believe, Annie and Grace had become to mean everything to him, and because he loved Annie so much, and the fact she was married, life may have become impossible to live with. A pity she wasn't there when he looked to say goodbye, as I believe, he knew then, he was going to die. Thats just my thoughts. I look forward very much to the movie, to see how the scenes, particulary the crash with the truck, are portrayed. 10 out of 10. Mells.

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Summary: Bang-up start:ending fizzled
Review: As with many readers, the beginning of the book held many promises- but alas, the transition from horses to a tawdry affair was disappointing. The ending left me dazed-I don't think that Grace would/should have been subjected to yet another senseless death