Summary: Alec is captivated by the untamed black stallion as soon as he sets eyes on him, on the ship home from India. After a shipwreck leaves them stranded for several weeks, the stallion comes home with him, where Alec longs to race him against other horses.
Comments: This is another book that I decided to reread for some reason. Or maybe I was more interested in one of the other books in the saga. Regardless, it's been long enough that I had forgotten most of the details of the book, so it was almost like reading it for the first time.
I don't think this will ever be counted as among the great works of literature - it lacks the complexity and layers that you seem to find there - but as an enthralling story, it certainly qualifies as worthy of the time it takes to read it. And now I want to find the next book so I can find out what happens after.
Reading the forward of this book, I learned that the author started working on this book during high school and that it was his first published work. That may be somewhat evident from the book itself. One thing that really caught my attention about his writing style is his love of adjectives and exclamation marks. That might be to follow throughout the books - how Farley's skill as a writer develops over the years.
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