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lavins's review
2.0
I found the book pretty long and boring. Half way through and nothing happened. Even when something happen was pretty uneventful. The one thing i enjoyed is that the trip was happening in my beautiful country.
jena_wren's review
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
400mom's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoy all of the books by Dick Francis and have read almost all of them. This one involves a cross-Canadian train ride and there is so much interesting information about the "downstairs" part of train travel.
dwilson's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
This is one of the most boring books I have ever read. It is not a thriller at all. It describes the train journey and food. Nothing happens until about three quarters of the way through aand even then it isn't interesting. Maybe I had just lost interest by then
Content Warnings
Dull
bookwoman37's review
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This is a fun racing mystery. This one takes place aboard a special British Horse racing train as it travels across Canada. One of the owner's is a criminal and the racing association is determined to capture him. The setting is a lot of fun and there are a lot of wonderful characters. Enjoy
katymvt's review
4.0
2021 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge-a book you meant to read last year.
Not your typical Whodunit as we know who the bad guy is from the beginning. More of a what and how? No less the enjoyable because of that. As usual horses and horseracing play a large part, but a mystery train takes center stage.
Not your typical Whodunit as we know who the bad guy is from the beginning. More of a what and how? No less the enjoyable because of that. As usual horses and horseracing play a large part, but a mystery train takes center stage.
claireak95's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I thought this was generally a fun time but a bit slow to get going. It was ruined a little bit for me later in the book due to mention of animal cruelty . Could have gone for anything else to explain the horribleness of that person and that's what he went with. There were a lot of characters floating around but I was able to keep up mostly with the main ones. I never totally understood why they sent this guy on the train, like what they expected to happen, but I guess things did happen so it worked out. (Some people sent this main character guy on the train to keep an eye on this not-nice fellow involved in horse racing.) Some cool things were the housebound old lady who he reported to and the murder mystery storyline with actors on the train. I don't feel great about horse racing so that wasn't a draw for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty