“I tighten my fingers, No, no, no Harry, not yet, I’ll let you, but not yet, and his ears prick forward, together this time, and he says, All right, and gives me a collected canter that feels like a rocking horse, so high on the up and so low on the down. Told in first person present tense (as is the rest of the novel-but more on that later), Chapter One puts the reader in the moment, on Highland Harry’s back, as our protagonist Annemarie Zimmer guides her striped horse (no, he’s not a zebra) around the stadium course that is to seal their trip to Rolex and most likely, their spot on the Olympic team. Chapter One is my single favorite chapter in this novel. There is much to like about Riding Lessons. And secondly, I will confess: I have a distinct advantage when it comes to the ability to enjoy Sara Gruen’s first novel Riding Lessons because I have neither read the book nor seen the movie Water For Elephants and thus have no expectations. Horse Nation book critic Erin McCabe reviews Riding Lessons, the first novel by Water for Elephants author Sara Gruen.įirst, a shout-out to Sara The High School Librarian (the very first commenter on my very first review) for the hot tip on this book.
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