Half Broke Horses Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Jeannette Walls
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,253

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls Book Summary

From the author of The Glass Castle and Hang the Moon—“Walls vividly depicts her astonishing, resilient grandmother with a lightness of touch that is plainspoken yet heartfelt” (Chicago Tribune). Half Broke Horses has transfixed readers everywhere.

“Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls’s no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town—riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car and fly a plane. And, with her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one who is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle.

Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds—against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn’t fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Jeannette Walls channels that kindred spirit. Half Broke Horses is Laura Ingalls Wilder for adults, as riveting and dramatic as Isak Dinesen’s Out of Africa or Beryl Markham’s West with the Night. Destined to become a classic, it will transfix readers everywhere.

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Book Name Half Broke Horses
Genre Fiction & Literature
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 7.68 MB

Half Broke Horses (Jeannette Walls) Book Reviews 2024

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My take on Half Broke Horses. Half Broke Horses was an emotionally captivating book that allows your mind to wonder deeply into uncharted territory until the slightest evidence of empathy is discovered then harnessed! The readability of this novel is evident through and through and regardless of your background and economic status, it remains powerful and uplifting with just the right amount of hilarity. Lily Casey Smith is an utter riot and you can't help but feel that either you know her, have someone like her in your life just like her or you are dying to get to know someone of her caliber! Must read!!! Lastly.. it was quite helpful for me as a reader having read The Glass Castle first.

Half broken horses. Loved the storyline !

Amazing book for teens and adults. This amazing and terrifically interesting novel will combine little house and to kill mockingbird to create a wonderful novel. Caution for younger audiences: themes of suicide, abuse, polygamy, and divorce all play a role in this novel. There is also a crude reference to male anatomy. Otherwise a clean read! My rating: PG-13- thematic material including unsettling themes, sexual reference, alcohol use, and brief strong language

Loved this book. I enjoyed The Glass Castle so much, I immediately bought this book. I was not disappointed. Wells is a natural story teller with an amazing story to tell.

Pretty good. Pretty good read

Half Broke Horses. This book was just as good as the Glass Castle.... I couldn't put it down!! It was a little slow in some parts... But other than that.. I loved it and highly recommend it!!!

A great story. Wonderful genuine story. I had taken a trip to the Grand Canyon and I thought it was cool to be familiar with the area and the Indian tribes described so colorfully in the story. A delightful read.

Easy read with an eye opening story. I picked up this book at my wife's recommendation. I am the type that will read the first 50 pages, say it hasn't hooked me and look for the next book. I was 200 pages into this one before taking the fist break. The author writes in a manner that is really easy to read, and the tale is one that is irresistible. So often, when we think about the first half of the 20th century in America, we focus on the East Coast and California with little attention to the fly over states. This was a revealing look into how life was lived in Arizona during those days. It brings back tales that I heard from my grandparents that I chalked up to legend. It gives you an appreciation for how tough life was then and how tough the people were. It really makes you question if we could even make it today as soft as Americans have become. This is a spectacular read that you easily blow through.

Half Broke Horses. I truly loved this book! It was so well written! The characters never waivered the writer kept them strong and true from beginning to end! I never was bored with the book or found its information tedious. I had originally read Ice Castles, so I knew what to expect, but this was so great!!! Wow!!! Thank you!!

Half Broke Horses. Engaging, engrossing and enjoyable

Fabulous!. I absolutely loved this book, it was very neat to read after getting to know the family in The Glass Castle.

Half BrokebHorses. Great story! Great history lessons!

The Glass Castle. Loved this book!!

Excellent read. I love the way this author tells stories.

Half Broke Horses. Being from NM and growing up in Roswell and Ruidoso I’m very familiar with the Hindi Valley. My grandparents also had a 160 acre homestead ranch in west Texas. My grandmother’s parents also were ranchers in the Artesia/Weed areas and she reminds me a great deal of Lily right down to the false teeth. My grandfather also pulled all of his out with a pair of pliers. I read a sample of The Glass Castle and equated it with her parents being a continuation o Rosemary’s story. That was a bummer.

Enjoyable from start to finish. Great read, kept my attention.

This is an amazing novel!!. I enjoyed this from beginning to the end. Having read The Glass Castle this answers many questions. Jeannette Walls is a wonderful storyteller.

I was hooked!. I absolutely loved Walls's first novel, yet I was hesitant to pick this one up. I was pleasantly surprised. I couldn't wait to read about each adventure because I fell in love with the main character. It was hard to finish knowing the story would be over.

Half-broke horses. this was an excellent read, couldn't put it down and I have not even read The Glass Castle, now I'm eagerly looking to read it, having been a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan as a youth I agree it is truly an adult version of that, fascinating, educational, inspirational, great story-telling, you name it

This book is for sure interesting!. I very much recommend this book. The detail she gives makes me feel that I'm really there in the 1900's

Captivating. Perfect read for stealing quick reading moments.

Very good. Interesting work of fiction that reads like a memoir. Do yourself a favor and read this book. You'll love the Casey family!

Read this book!. An excellent story written by a gifted storyteller...

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Love Jeannette Walls. Jeannette Walls writes books you don't want to put down!

Fascinating read. Like the glass castle,this book gets your imagination running wild. I can clearly picture every detail and feel what the characters would have felt. The only sad part is when it's over.

Half broke horses. Well researched and a true can't put it down just like the glass castle truly enjoyed it... Thanks

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Summary of Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

The Half Broke Horses book written by Jeannette Walls was published on 06 October 2009, Tuesday in the Fiction & Literature category. A total of 1,253 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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