DNF Review: The Horseman by Tim Pears
I recently had a look through my Pinterest board for books and ordered a bunch of books home from the library. I feel like this was on one of those Pins but I can't remember the theme or anything. In all events, I didn't really enjoy it.
The main characters is a boy named Leopold. He lives with his family on a large estate in early 20th century England. He has a special interest in horses and not so much in humans, and he dreams of working for the master of the house on the stud farm when he is older. And that is pretty much all I got from the book. And I read about half of it, so I would say I gave it a good try.
The book starts in January 1911 and tells of the life on the farm, the sowing, the harvesting, the work with the animals and so on. If you like reading about pastoral scenes and early 20th century farming then I think you would enjoy this book. However, I like more plot driven books, so this really wasn't for me.
I didn't particularly like the writing style either, but I do think it was well suited for the theme of the book, being sort of slow and deliberate, but not without beauty. It just wasn't for me.
The main characters is a boy named Leopold. He lives with his family on a large estate in early 20th century England. He has a special interest in horses and not so much in humans, and he dreams of working for the master of the house on the stud farm when he is older. And that is pretty much all I got from the book. And I read about half of it, so I would say I gave it a good try.
The book starts in January 1911 and tells of the life on the farm, the sowing, the harvesting, the work with the animals and so on. If you like reading about pastoral scenes and early 20th century farming then I think you would enjoy this book. However, I like more plot driven books, so this really wasn't for me.
I didn't particularly like the writing style either, but I do think it was well suited for the theme of the book, being sort of slow and deliberate, but not without beauty. It just wasn't for me.
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