Book Review: The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans

I picked up the book from a second hand book shop having heard the name somewhere; probably because the book has been made into a movie. I do not know the criteria on which books are chosen for being made into movies - but the common thread through all movies made from books is usually a good story. Sadly, 'The Horse Whisperer' does not have a story.

What it has is one decently OK character, namely 'The Horse Whisperer', a man who trains/ heals horses. After a bad road accident in which her horse and daughter are injured, a woman drives to a faraway ranch to seek the services of the titular character. Horse and daughter heal, woman has affair. Period. That is the story.

The only interesting part of the book was the accident itself and it all went downhill from there - the rest of it reading like a blog from the life of a bored housewife intent on having an affair. I finished the book and did not understand what the point of the story was.

Avoid both... the book and the movie.