A review by stagasaurus
The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat

2.0

Gosh this needed editing. It assume there are edited versions out there. But I heard it in the original glory with all the racism, sexism, snobbery, and boring boring detail left in. The action was unbearably slow. The dialogue unbelievable.

Spoiler I don't care how oldy worldy you are, if your dog is injured, you don't waffle on for five minutes before checking on him. 

I don't think ponies left all night in snow drifts with their legs tied together normally live to tell the tale.

At least Pablo got a cottage out of it. 



This is exactly the sort of book I would normally enjoy. But it was utterly tedious.