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It took me a few chapters to get into this book, & this is in part because I haven't read the first two books in the series, My Friend Flicka & Thunderhead. This book does work as a standalone, but it just takes time to get into the characters' heads.
This book is everything I want in a mid twentieth century read. The sympathetic characters are likeable (in some cases lovable) but have real flaws. The villainess - well, she is horrible & I do know someone just like her who can turn on the charm & ...more
This book is everything I want in a mid twentieth century read. The sympathetic characters are likeable (in some cases lovable) but have real flaws. The villainess - well, she is horrible & I do know someone just like her who can turn on the charm & ...more
In this installment of the My Friend Flicka trilogy the story gets a little bit weird for me, and loses a star.
Nell, my favorite, suffers anxiety after the birth of her daughter and it brings out her religious side.
Rob, with his hard shell and soft middle, does an abrupt about face in the end. It happened so quickly. It would have been much more believable if O'Hara had taken more time earlier in the story to set it up. Ken, the passionate dreamer, gets uncomfortably possessive with his girlfrie ...more
Nell, my favorite, suffers anxiety after the birth of her daughter and it brings out her religious side.
Rob, with his hard shell and soft middle, does an abrupt about face in the end. It happened so quickly. It would have been much more believable if O'Hara had taken more time earlier in the story to set it up. Ken, the passionate dreamer, gets uncomfortably possessive with his girlfrie ...more
