Title: Ho-Hum
Product review: Although I suppose it was worth sticking out this read to its fairly interesting ending, I felt cheated through the rest of the book. Highly predictable, way too mooshy, and quite obviously a freshman effort, The Horse Whisperer proves that the masses are easily amused. I normally try to give every book that is on the bestseller list the benefit of the doubt, but after this one I have no choice but to balk. While Evans does have a gift for storytelling, it seemed waAAYY too much like he was writing what he thought the public would like and not for the benefit of the intelligent. Short, repetitive sentences. X-rated love sequences where simple finesse would have succeeded. An bright young girl whose character completely dims toward the end. Ugh. And it started out as an interesting story.Don't waste your time. See the movie. Redford has a serious knack at this type of story. He probably did the book some considerable justice.
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