jeannette's second novel is not bad, but the glass castle is way
better. as the other reviews have explained.
i decided i would give it try because i am so intrigued by jeanette
and her entire family. half broke horses is about her grandmother
smith (rosemary's side of family) before she was born. setting back
when land was priceless and "cowboys and ranchers were a way of
life.
you can read them in chronically order since this does occur before
the "adventures" of the walls family. but you will not get the some
of things that happen to the smith family unless you read the glass
castle before.
pros: great story, reading is very easy you can easily picture the
desert, ranch and cattle life; still interesting because lily casey
smith still has her own adventures and ideologies that make this
family who they are today. grandma lily is still a strong, clever
and easily adaptable character/ person.
cons: not even close to being as humorous as the glass castle, i
love jeannete walls; even though it was meant to be the voice of
lily casey smith in the back of my mind i was still hearing
jeannette talking like she was reading the diary of her
grandmother. but maybe because i was so captured by jeannette i
couldn't get her off my mind.
read if you would like to read more of jeannette's writing, but if
you haven't read the glass castle you have no idea what you are
missing.
half broke horses can be skipped, if you want.