Title: High hopes but disappoints in the stretch
Review: Nothing is left out of this book, no matter how relevant or germaine. Being a lover of nonfiction, I was excited when I saw how much I was learning about horse racing, but I gave up. Way too much rambling and whole chapters that were not needed. I just got too tired.I don't blame the author. She wanted to tell us everything about racing, the origin of race tracks, gambling, mysterious signs and religious symbols, personal lives of jockies, and for some baffling reason, the overwrought story of this guy she met once who came down with cancer.I blame the editor. I can find dozens of sentences that I just wanted to take a red pen to. "Misplaced modifier," or "run-on sentence," or "Does not make sense." Didn't Toby tell the author that the best part, the hardest part of writing is knowing what to leave out?Very disappointing.
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