Reflection

After reading Out Stealing Horses, I didn't really like the book. I felt that it was hard to follow due to the amount of flashbacks. The flashbacks did make the book unique and unlike anything I've ever read before, but they did add a confusing aspect to the story. Also, it was a little boring. Trond's life wasn't filled with a lot of amazing events. He had a rough childhood, which made him hesitant to take risks. The book was also super depressing. The whole book was centered around the idea of Jon's brother, Odd, killing himself under Jon's watch is a very sad idea for a book. The one thing that I really did enjoy in this book though was the use of imagery. It really allowed the reader to get involved in the book and imagine themselves actually in the setting of the story. There were parts of the book that were super interesting where imagery was used to draw the reader into the story, while other parts were just written in normal language causing the reader to lose interest and become bored. Overall, I thought the book was decent but it wasn't consistently intriguing. It was different though and was based on a very creative idea for a story.

Reflection

Out Stealing Horses was a novel that gave me an insight into a complex Character. Trond was for than just 2-d, he had a rough childhood and even a rougher adult hood. Although the book had its high points, for the most part it was extremely slow moving. It seemed as though a large portion of the book was Trond reconciling and thinking about his past. It seemed like i also couldnt relate to Trond because of the character that he was. He was a quite man who lived in a lonely house in the middle of Norweigen woods. Only after about halfway through the book did we understand enough about Trond that we saw his hesitency to befriend his neighbor. Although there were prominent parts I didnt like, I enjoyed the way the book was written. It reminded me a lot of Cormac McCarthy's style, short and to the point. overall, I didnt mind the book but I might have enjoyed another read hearing from other books that students read.