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That was…pretty bad. The main character was really annoying (everything makes her cry). I can't believe this is the same author as Water for Elephants.
A friend gave me a bunch of iPad books and this was among them; I don't know how I didn't realize that the author was the same as Water for Elephants, but when I finished and realized it, a lot made sense.Let's get one thing out of the way right now; I think horse people are on the crazy side. There, I said it. If you're a horse person and don't think you're crazy, you're probably wrong but it's OK. Anyway, the book starts out with lots of horse stuff and I was a bit put off by it, but figured h...
This was a terrible, terrible book. I picked it after it was recommended to me as a good horsey novel, and the only thing that kept me reading all the way through was sick curiosity. I wanted to see if the ending would be as trite as I predicted. It was.The main character is self-absorbed, unlikeable, and her flaws are not entertaining enough to make her unlikeable yet interesting (as I'm someone who enjoys unlikeable yet interesting characters). For example: she throws a hissy fit when her extr...
Based on the reviews I read before starting this second book following Riding Lessons, I was worried I wasn't going to like this. I'm so glad I stayed on course. I loved this book. It probably helps that I have ridden horses, shown horses, and own a horse. I've ridden English and Western and jumped fences. I know exactly what it means when the smell of a barn warms your heart. There is something about a teenage girl and a horse. It's a bond hard to understand. Annemarie is not an easy character
I read this because, as the friend who suggested it said, "it's about horses and it's easy to read"--and I'd read the first book. Gruen was the new hot thing after "Water For Elephants." But honestly, this book isn't worth the time it took to read. It isn't so much ABOUT horses as that there are horses in it. The heroine-narrator drove me nuts. What a mess. She never learns or grows or changes--she's just a whiny, self-involved jerk. Her daughter is just like her, only a teenager. Which is worse...
I loved water for elephants so thought I would love this but found it weak
Truly awful.Why would Harper publish this?
1.5 starsI wanted to see if the second book would redeem the first, but I still just do not like this series. The main character and her daughter are both illogical, irrational, and down right annoying. I didn't think it was possible, but this book was more unrealistic than it's predecessor. The skills that the daughter has are BEYOND unrealistic. A 16 year old who has gotten lessons here and there up until a year prior and then became serious about riding for a year would not be able to perform...
Well, I finished the book , so I figured it at least deserved two stars. I was very disappointed in it because I had read the novel Water For Elephants by the same author and absolutely loved it. This was a story about equestrians, their horses, their love lives, their past problems etc. I guess there was a prequel to it, but I have no desire to go back and read it. I guess I would just describe it as poor chick lit.
This is now one of my fav horse stories ever!Annemarie has anxiety, witch i relate to quite well. After a jumping accedint in her own horse carrer, she fears the same for her daughter.I wasn't too much of a fan of Eva. She had a lot of issues and was very angry at times.4 stars from me. Also, i was happy that Annemarie married Dan and adopted her late husband's son. That was a sweet side to her that i liked!
I didn't realize this was book #2 until I finished it. Regardless, I didn't enjoy it. Neither the main character nor her daughter were strong females; they were dramatic (in a ridiculous way).
Fantastic – I had no idea there was still melodramatic horse fiction for grownups! Annamarie Zimmer is almost forty, newly divorced and living on her mother’s horse farm. In her former life, she was a Olympic level equestrian, but that all changed after her tragic accident (isn’t that how it always goes?) When her teenage daughter decides to ride competitively, Annamarie has to come to terms with her daughter’s choice and her own history. And then the last third of the book takes a spectacular t...
How can this be the same author as the one who wrote Water for Elephants? Similar to Admission, which I recently finished, Flying Changes also has a late-30s self-centered somewhat pathetic female protagonist who I almost had to abandon midway through. Skip this one, even if you did spend more of your youth on rather than off horses!
