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The God of Animals

A Novel

By Aryn Kyle

(3)

| Hardcover | 9781416533245

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Book Description

From an award-winning and talented young novelist comes one of the most exciting fiction debuts in years: a breathtaking and beautiful novel set on a horse ranch in small-town Colorado.

When her older sister runs away to marry a rodeo cowboy, Alice Winston is left to bear the brunt of heContinue

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This was an entertaining book, but was just a little too much to take too seriously. The character's (a 12 yo girl) life is full of problems which all seem poised to collide at some point and not only do they not collide in some big conflagration, but many are not resolved at all. Everything from ... (continue)

This was an entertaining book, but was just a little too much to take too seriously. The character's (a 12 yo girl) life is full of problems which all seem poised to collide at some point and not only do they not collide in some big conflagration, but many are not resolved at all. Everything from the tough father doing his best, which isn't really good enough, to the mother having remained upstairs with depression for 12 years (!?), to the here-to-fore "perfect" sister running away with her boyfriend, to an alcoholic teacher who appears to prey on 12 year old girls looking for some kind of misguided emotional closeness, etc etc. Very little was resolved satisfactorily. In addition, the book was full of inaccuracies about horses and horse showing and running a horse-related business, which was frustrating because the whole book takes place within that context.
However, despite all these frustrations, it was still fun to read and written fairly well. I'm just not sure who I would recommend it to.

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