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  • 52 of 52 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    nicanddarrell

    5 Stars Pilgrim's progress 01/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Brilliant narrative, well developed characters

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I saw the film first!

    Due to all of the reviews I read on here and other sites, I have an ever increasing pile of books to read. Some I anticipate more than others, and some I read just because they are the next one on the pile. 'The Horse Whisperer' fell into the latter category. I had seen the film, and actually quite liked it, so I was not sure how I would enjoy the book, especially as I knew the twists and turns of the story. I am off work at the moment, so this book had my undivided attention, and I am so glad that it did. I finished it yesterday, and I can honestly say I would read it again, as I am sure ... more
  • 44 of 44 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    clanmac4

    5 Stars Whispered Loudly 20/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An absorbing tale

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Nil

    Once in a while along comes a book that you did not intend reading, that you did not buy, that a friend of your wife popped in. Once in a while you pick up such a book, because there is nothing else to hand and start reading. Once in a while a book that you did not intentionally start reading knocks your socks off! This is such a book. The first book by Nicholas Evans, published in 1995, read by Clanmac4 last week. The Horse Whisperer is a novel with its fair share of tragedy, disappointment, anger, beauty and love, all neatly packaged in an incredibly passionate read. Now guys do not let the ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jinxyjo

    4 Stars Lose yourself in Montana with The Horse Whisperer Review with images 12/08/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A wonderful read that you lose yourself in

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It comes to and end

    The Horse Whisperer I read this book when it first came out and it thoroughly enjoyed it, despite it making me cry quite a lot! It tells the story of a 13 year old girl who, whilst out riding her beloved horse Pilgrim, is hit by a 40 ton truck. Grace and Pilgrim survive but sadly her friend dies along with her horse (I did say it was sad). Grace loses a leg at the knee and becomes extremely withdrawn. Pilgrim is treated for his injuries but is so traumatised by the whole accident that he won't let anyone near him and turns very aggressive. Grace's mother, Annie, is a business woman and feels ... more
  • 1 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    charl169

    5 Stars Breathtaking 12/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Gripping

    Disadvantages 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 ... more
  • 16 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Josiejoe

    5 Stars Nicholas Evans - The Horse Whisperer 11/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Amazing, absorbing read

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can't get your nose out of the book

    Not just a tale for the horse lover, this book contains many different genres, from adventure to romance. Nicholas Evans has an amazing narrative talent and keeps the reader enthralled from chapter to chapter. He can describe events so you can picture them clearly in your own head and brings the characters to life. You feel their despair, love and sadness, aswell as their joy and happiness. The film does not do this book justice and I along with many of my friends were left dissapointed by the tv version of the Horse Whisperer. The story is off a young girl Grace and her horse Pilgrim. The ... more
  • 9 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dianutzika

    5 Stars One of the best books I ever read 17/03/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An unforgetably moving book

    Disadvantages Disadvantages At the beginning some boring chapters, but which emphasises the end

    The Horse Whisperer is not only a book for horselovers, but for any human beeing on Earth. It is a story about people, about feelings, but mainly about human redemption and breaking out of the daily problems which everyone of us faces. The beginning of the book might seems a little bit irrelevant and even boring, but in the end you realise what it was emphasising the final chapters. One of the great things about the book is how each character's mind is revealed, which gives the reader a feeling of really taking part of the lifes of eachcharacter. It is really one of the best book I ever read ... more
  • 4 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    buddygal

    5 Stars whispered wisdom 10/03/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great read, readily availible, also in film

    Disadvantages Disadvantages you cant put it down, some parts not sutable for younger readers

    This book is absolutely fantastic, its about a girl and her horse who rely on each other for healing when they are involved in a all to common accident when both the horse and it's rider are involved in a freak accident, in which both are severally injured. The horse has huge amounts of deep flesh wounds whilst the girl looses her leg. After the accident the girl cant bring herself to look at the horse again. But her mum seeks the help of a legendary "horse whisperer". Initially the horse whisperer refuses to take on the task but after much perseverance from the girls mother the horse ... more
  • 0 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    EmmaRyder

    5 Stars It was so real, you feel like you are there 12/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Its got little twists that make it exciting

    Disadvantages Disadvantages There is one or two chapters when nothing happens

    I bought this book not knowing what to expect but it was so much better than i thought. Any one would love this book its just so moving you never know whats going to happen next. it was sad as well as happy it makes you realise that a lot can happen out of your control. It was very well written with a lot of lessons to be learned. There is a lot of different caracters but you feel like you know them all equally they are all so different but are all createing changes between eachother gradually and they bring the best out in eachother. It is a very romantic story with a lot of twists you cant ... more
  • 2 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Joanne76

    5 Stars Fantastic reading 31/03/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages absorbing

    Disadvantages Disadvantages no time for anything else until the book is finished

    I've read this book about 6 times. It's one of those stories that you never tire of. I've seen the film a few times too. But, you can't beat a good book. It brought me to tears, literally, and it made me smile, literally. The first time i read it, I couldn't put it down. The second time i read it was on a "relaxing by the pool holiday", so i took it cos i knew the story, so if i didn't fully concentrate, i wouldn't miss anything. Trouble was, I couldn't put the book down AGAIN!! Having read other books by Nicholas Evans, i know his style of writing and enjoy it. You actually feel like you're ... more
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