Amazing Horses

Advantages: A really good book which educates the reader as well as telling the life of an amazing man
Disadvantages: None

...a fake and suggest that the horse he gets to go in the horse box was just a fluke. However, he has trained over 10 000 horses. Are they all flukes?? Many people have been inspired by his work and his methods are now taught world-wide. This man has changed the lives of many horses and educated owners in order for them to have a better life together. The Monty Roberts International Association has got many followers. For more information see www.montyroberts.com or www.montyroberts.co.uk. This really is an amazing book about an amazing man. When this book was first published in 1996, it got to number 4 on the London Times best sellers list in the first two weeks. It then stayed in the top ten best sellers for over a year. This was Monty’s first book, he has since written others, including Shy Boy, the horse that came in from the wild... Read review

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Advantages: Gripping
Disadvantages: None!

...This novel is so much better than the film of it would suggest. I was moved to tears by this novel, and I think everyone will be able to relate to the characters in it. I really felt for Grace, the girl who the novel is based around, whose horse is injured, and the character of the horse whisperer himself is just beautiful. The decelopment of the mother from hard city woman to loving family mother is also beautiful. As with 'The Loop', I have found Evans to be an amazing writer, with a lot of talent. Many of his descriptive passages left me gasping for breath, and his insights into the female psyche are truly a revelation. Outstanding.... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting, awe inspiring
Disadvantages: sad and upsetting

...I found this book really fascinating, i ride horses and it makes you realise how dangerous it can be. But I found it wonderful to see how someone with such injuries can still make an amazing life. Worth the read. I would probably not read this book again, but would recommend it to others who are iunterested in Biographies. I did find the last chapter a bit repetative but the rest of it was quite an amazement, how anyone can achieve what Christopher Reeve did makes us realise how lucky we are. I found it sad because of his accident and rather frightening as I ride horses and realised just what could happen, although I wouldn't stop riding it made me much more aware... Read review

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