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Summary: Courage, romance and wildlife accuracy failed
Review: The Horse Whisperer as an excellent study in human emotional wounds. But it left some to be desired in its accuracy on healing traumatized horses. The same is true, indeed more true with Evans second novel, The Loop. Except that now it extends to both humans as well as the animals. The characters are melodramatic. And the opening scene of a wolf stalking is as far from the true nature of a wolf as you can get. In fact it only serves to perpetuate the mythical nature of wolves that has made them erroneously dreaded and killed for centuries. I find little to merit this nove.
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Summary: One of those rare reads that comes along about once a year.
Review: I was captured by the non-judgemental development of even the harshest of characters in this story...they were what they were and seemed realistic to me. Their subsequent reaction to the tragedies that developed seemed most viable. This was a hard book for me to put down and sent me off to work with burning eyes and lead in my legs. I guess the author made me really care about what happened to the characters....this doesn't always happen with a lot of today's fiction.
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Summary: Mistake in # of Stars?
Review: ****Can this be right? This reader hated the book and yet it has a 5 star rating. Thanks, Neysa7777@aol.com A reader from Northern California , October 13, 1998 What a letdown after "The Horse Whisperer" "The Horse Whisperer" had me hooked from page 1; "The Loop" had me drowsy from page 1. I figured it must be about to get better with each page I turned, and it never did. Especially the parts written about the wolves. Boring! The characters were weak, and somewhat pathetic. The most I ever felt was sorry for them. How disappointing, after looking forward to this book so much. Better luck next time, Mr. Evans.
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Summary: A good read
Review: I read the twenty-three other reviews of this title before I decided to write and I think many of them are too harsh. I too saw the Horse Whisperer and then read it and liked the book better than the movie so I eagerly awaited The Loop. It is a page turner and kept me interested. I enjoyed most of the stories of the wolves' family life and found it fits with most of what I've learned about wolf family life. I also found it fits with small town life in rural America. I did enjoy it and recommend it to others - perhaps a library copy or the paperback when it comes out. I will take a chance on the next Nicholas Evans when it comes out.
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Summary: Once again, Evans grabs you from the first few pages!
Review: I found myself reading parts of this novel aloud to my biology-teacher husband. It is beautifully written with haunting reality. Those of us who grew up in open spaces rarely read something as true to life as Evans has captured in this enchanting work of literature.
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Summary: Unfulfilled promise.
Review: I wanted to love this book, but it never grabbed me, spiritually or emotionally. Very little character development, either in the people or the wolves. Nothing in the book made me care much about the people or wolves and what happened to them, and I am an animal lover! Strangely, I kept waiting for a physical description of the heroine so I could "picture her" in my mind, but it never came! Overall, I did not find much to recommend in this story.
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Summary: What a letdown after "The Horse Whisperer"
Review: "The Horse Whisperer" had me hooked from page 1; "The Loop" had me drowsy from page 1. I figured it must be about to get better with each page I turned, and it never did. Especially the parts written about the wolves. Boring! The characters were weak, and somewhat pathetic. The most I ever felt was sorry for them. How disappointing, after looking forward to this book so much. Better luck next time, Mr. Evans.
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Summary: Wonderful Story that went no where
Review: I wanted to like this book but it drug on and on saying nothing. I could not wait until it ended to see if there was a end that would make it worth while. It was not there.
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Summary: Hold onto your horses!
Review: After "The Horse Whisperer" I could hardly rein in my excitment about the next Nicholas Evans book. I listened to it on tape and was transfixed by the story line and the shadow character of the horse. "The Loop" on the other hand, seemed to be full of stock characters and although the research and tales of the inner lives of wolves was fascinating, it did not touch me in the same way...I don't think it is that easy to identify with wolves. The main character was not as compelling either and at times I felt like I was listening to an old fashioned Western full of bad guys in black hats and good guys in white...Most of all I felt the conversion of the bounty hunter at the end of the story was so out of character...not real at all, sort of a gimmick. I found the concept of the loop horrifying, a testimony to man's inhumanity to animals. But in the end we need to like the humans in the story for it to succeed and I really didnt care as much for them as I did the wolves. For those who like outdoors and wild life it is an interesting book but it didn't have the soul I found in "The Horse Whisperer".
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Summary: Absolutely a must read for any wolf lover!!
Review: Being very involved with wolves and the current reintroduction programs, this book is told excellently. Non-stop reading, and a must read for any wolf or animal lover.
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