August 27, 2009

Ariel's Journey

by Doug Kane and Christy Wood
ages: 9-13
First sentence: "My jeans are trashed!"
Review copy sent to me by the publisher (or a publicist? I can't check since I lost all my emails...)

This is a horse book.

This is a horse book that M kind of liked.

This is a horse book that really knows its audience.

This is a horse book that I couldn't make it past the first three chapters after which M said it got interesting.

This is a horse book that I felt the authors got stuck in the old show-not-tell mire.

This is a horse book that I could care less about.

This is a horse book, though, that if you have a pre-teen girl who LOVES horses, it would be a good fit for her.

I won't begrudge you for liking horse books. It's just the rare horse book that I can tolerate.

This is not that horse book.

4 observations:

lilly said...

Lol, I like this review. Quite innovative and conveys your feelings about the book nicely despite being so short.

Becky said...

I love, love, love this review. I feel the exact same way with horse books. I have a low tolerance level for them actually.

Susan said...

Thanks, this really cracked me up this morning! Thankfully, my daughter is not enamored of the horse genre, so I shall be spared.

Melissa said...

Becky -- yeah, me too. I think I've kinda-sorta liked exactly two in my life.

Susan -- be grateful. :-)

Lilly -- thanks. I had fun writing it.