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seltella's review against another edition
3.0
G艂贸wny bohater jest wci膮gni臋ty w spraw臋 zaginionego konia. Jest proszony o to, by go odnale藕膰. Na pocz膮tku nie chce, ale ostatecznie si臋 zgadza. W trakcie historii dowiadujemy si臋, 偶e postanawia poszuka膰 jeszcze dwa, kt贸re zagin臋艂y lata temu.
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Og贸lnie jest to dobra historia do poczytania. Nie jest to pozycja g贸rnych lot贸w, wi臋c nie oczekiwa艂abym tutaj nie wiadomo czego. Sama czyta艂am t膮 ksi膮偶k臋 do艣膰 lu藕no. Nie znalaz艂am nic co bi mi si臋 podoba艂o, ani nic co by mi przeszkadza艂o. Mam co do niej neutralne uczucia.
avid_reader_sf_and_f's review against another edition
4.0
Like a flash back to another age, this book is a visit to the late 1960's and classic Dick Francis. It's been more than 20 years since my last read and it's just as good today.
hpstrangelove's review against another edition
5.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love a damaged hero, and it's nice that Dick Francis makes his characters attractive. The plot was interesting, and I liked that the setting changed to the United States, places I've been too (not that I don't like British settings).
govmarley's review
4.0
This one was a darker plot than a lot of Dick Francis's novels. It holds up very well for a book written in 1967. You could see it happening in today's world, with less smoking and better technology. This time, our everyman hero is Gene Hawkins, a "civil servant" with a very particular set of skills. He is very good at his job, but struggles with depression. To save him from himself, his boss dangles an irresistible case in front of him - three missing stud stallions have vanished without a trace over the past few years. Could they be related? And can they be found? Well, yes, friends, or we wouldn't have a mystery to solve.
Francis gives a pretty honest perspective of Gene's dark thoughts and how he grapples with life and what to do with the one he has. The supporting characters are well-developed, too. Especially Walt, the insurance investigator who joins Gene on his quest to solve the case and recover the funds to his company. This one takes us from England to all across America, and finally back home again. One of my favorites, and we didn't even really go racing. 4 stars.
Francis gives a pretty honest perspective of Gene's dark thoughts and how he grapples with life and what to do with the one he has. The supporting characters are well-developed, too. Especially Walt, the insurance investigator who joins Gene on his quest to solve the case and recover the funds to his company. This one takes us from England to all across America, and finally back home again. One of my favorites, and we didn't even really go racing. 4 stars.
saneyossarian's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
avid_reader_sf_and_f's review
4.0
Like a flash back to another age, this book is a visit to the late 1960's and classic Dick Francis. It's been more than 20 years since my last read and it's just as good today.
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
2.0
This really isn鈥檛 my favorite Francis novel. I find it to be disjointed and jumpy. I also have problems with the main character鈥檚 relationship. It鈥檚 weird feeling reading this book.
pennifer's review against another edition
3.0
There were a few annoying mistakes in the writing, one surprising given that it was horse-related, but didn鈥檛 mar the overall plot, just moments.