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birdkeeperklink's review against another edition
3.0
This book is a story-within-a-story, and the framing story only allows us to meet Rosalind, the supposed main equine character, secondhand until very near to the end, and then it's...disappointing. Or at least it was to me.
The framing story's faults aside, the inner story, the story of Hambletonian, was very entertaining even if most of it probably wasn't true. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and was actually impatient with the framing story at times because I wanted to read the main story itself, and not be interrupted.
All in all, a good book, if not the best Henry ever wrote. Worth your time, especially if you're horse-crazy.
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After all the love and excitement Gibson feels for Rosalind, she loves his father and not him because his father raised her, making her not Gibson's horse except on the deed, sort of undermining the whole point of the story, in my opinion.The framing story's faults aside, the inner story, the story of Hambletonian, was very entertaining even if most of it probably wasn't true. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and was actually impatient with the framing story at times because I wanted to read the main story itself, and not be interrupted.
All in all, a good book, if not the best Henry ever wrote. Worth your time, especially if you're horse-crazy.
rlangemann's review against another edition
4.0
Wanted a light read the other day, so I pulled this one out again. It's one of my favorites of Marguerite Henry's work. I love Gib's relationship with his father.
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