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Post by garej on Apr 20, 2020 5:59:03 GMT 1
What pony book did you buy and upon reading it thought "this isnt worth the money I paid"? Not necessarily rare but worth over £10. That you thought that you would enjoy but didn't?
For me it's was A W Seaby's Mona The Welsh Pony. I thought I would enjoy been as I am somewhat familiar with the setting. But I was bored. I cant remember how much it cost but it weren't cheap. I have most of Seaby's other works and my experience with Mona put me off them. At least they're nicely illustrated so at least I can admire them from an illustrative pov.
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Post by haffyfan on Apr 20, 2020 21:06:53 GMT 1
An awful (pun intended ) lot of them if i'm honest. Water wagtail, anything by hazel peel, most of Glenda Spooners (still not read beyond first chapter of The earth sings!)and what i've read by monica edwards off top of my head and probably many more. Sold most of my hazel peels and monica edwards years ago as could not justify the expense for something so dire.
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Post by tintin on Apr 21, 2020 9:58:43 GMT 1
Terry the Troop Horse - see the review section. Very disappointing
Also Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour - one of the few books ever to have defeated me, I usually struggle on, but that was too much
Although not rare Chestnut Hill was a disappointment, I really liked Heartland, but the CH characters made the Saddle Club look deep...
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Post by garej on Apr 21, 2020 14:58:48 GMT 1
Another one (and I am sure that I am not the only one) that I couldn't get on with is Tan and Tarmac by Gillian Baxter. Pity because all the ones I have read by her were good. I just couldn't finish. I know it's not exactly rare but I thought I would expand the topic into books "totally not worth their money".
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Post by Claire on Apr 21, 2020 15:17:00 GMT 1
Glenda Spooner for me too, haffy. Was chuffed to find a copy of The Perfect Pest a while back as it's very rare, but just couldn't stomach the awful precocious kiddywink in it!
Also It Began with Picotee, the first book the PTs wrote, was rather disappointing after a long wait to find it.
Probably quite a few more, which may spring to mind over the next few days!
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Post by garej on Jun 25, 2020 0:12:57 GMT 1
Oh dear about Glenda Spooner. I have all her books but apart from Minority's Colt I have yet to read them. I think I read Minority's colt for a summer reading challenge. I was put off Royal Crusader because it's a pony pov and they all seem too formulaic. Apart from Black Beauty I dont think that I have ever enjoyed a pony pov book.
Another one I couldn't get one with is Eleanor Helme's books. I tried to read White Winter and couldn't finish it. Another one I can admire from an illustrative pov.
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Post by Claire on Jun 27, 2020 17:40:19 GMT 1
I'm similar in that I find pony viewpoint books rather formulaic and don't usually rate them that highly. There are a few exceptions including two by Pamela Macgregor Morris (Topper & Exmoor Ben) and of course the Silver Brumby series, but they don't follow the Black Beauty type story anyhow.
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Post by garej on Jun 27, 2020 22:59:56 GMT 1
I have both Topper and Exmoor Ben so you have given me hope Claire.
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 9, 2020 23:01:37 GMT 1
Oh dear about Glenda Spooner. I have all her books but apart from Minority's Colt I have yet to read them. I think I read Minority's colt for a summer reading challenge. I was put off Royal Crusader because it's a pony pov and they all seem too formulaic. Apart from Black Beauty I dont think that I have ever enjoyed a pony pov book. Another one I couldn't get one with is Eleanor Helme's books. I tried to read White Winter and couldn't finish it. Another one I can admire from an illustrative pov. I didn't like White Winter at all either, posted about it on here years ago. I haven't finished Tessa and Some Ponies (Lady Kitty Ritson) yet because my reading has heavily slowed down (annoyingly difficult to fit in), but not sure I particularly like it. Do like the name Tessa (I have often used it myself in a chatroom), but don't think the book is all that well-written. And some of the scenes seem rather unpleasant, at least from a modern day point of view. The characters can sometimes seem harsh and insensitive. And one event in the book contains blatant objectification of women, it's creepy and I'm surprised a female writer put that in. Maybe it was intended to be seen as a criticism of male attitudes, though.
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 7, 2020 23:28:46 GMT 1
Have finished Tessa now, not the greatest read, like I posted above. It would have been a better book if Tessa's mother had still been around instead of the nice but rather boring nanny, her mum sounded like an interesting character. And I'm sure Arab horses are special, but maybe the book goes a bit overboard in praising them. Anyone else read it, what did you think?
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Post by garej on Sept 23, 2020 14:46:06 GMT 1
Another one I thought of is DPT's The Pennyfields. A bore fest from an usually superb writer. The only reason why i kept the book is the fact that my copy is signed and also for completion sake. If it was any other author I would have chucked it out years ago it was that dire.
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