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Title: The Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts ISBN: 0-345-42705-X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 November, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.35 (170 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An honest story by an honest man
Comment: I could not put this book down until I finished it. It was one of those books. I am a city girl and have not had any experiences with real horses, but the book was captivating as ever. The long and unmemorable title was perhaps the biggest disappointment of the entire experience. But once you get back that, you are pulled into the events of Monty Roberts' personal world. The most valuable aspect of the book was that it gave me a glimps into a humble yet great man's heart, his expectations, aspirations, and disappointments. This book is to me less about horses than it is about Monty Roberts as a person.
I'd highly recommend this book to anyone, even someone who's never seen horses.
Rating: 5
Summary: reveals important traits of human nature that few put in use
Comment: I first saw Monty Roberts' book The Man Who Listens to Horses when I was in my local bookstore browsing for reprints of James Herriot's beloved books. I didn't buy it then, because I had never heard of him and didn't know what to expect. I later was reintroduced to him through a video in my ethology (study of animal behaviour) laboratory class and after watching one of his demonstrations and discussing his unique quality to differentiate light movement (due to his color blindness; as similar feature has been noticed in predatory animals such as dogs and wolves), was motivated to go and buy his book.
I have to say that I was sufficiently impressed with Monty's book. I hadn't become aware of the controversy and legal issues surrounding him until today through other people's reviews on Amazon.com, and investigated these claims to get further depth on him.
What I have found has led me to believe that yes, maybe there are untruths. Maybe there aren't. One cannot clearly say, particularly the public, simply because we were not there when the events transpired and all we have to rely on is what people say, and whatever we decide, people will believe what they want to believe. Human memory isn't perfect.
All I know is that the book that I read was a beautiful, compassionate autobiography illustrating a few of the human qualities that we rarely see expressed in our chaotic society today. The world may never know the truth of Monty's stories, but he has still managed to touch and inspire so many people of all ages (must significantly our generation, the younger generation) through his writing, stressing on the values of compassion, love, gentleness, respect, and understanding that are so seldom preached in the mass media today. A projected story such as this that touches hearts and instils the desire to further find links with the animals who share our planet carries with it a solid base and genuine effort that should not go unrecognized.
We should look past quibbles about the truth and understand the message of his book. There is so much drivel out there that carries repugnant and destructive information that we so readily eat up in our everyday lives without realizing it, and an inspirational book like this highlights the fact that it is so easy nowadays for us to forget the softer side of our innate human qualities.
While the stories of James Herriot remain first and foremost my favourite, Monty's book "The Man Who Listens to Horses" nevertheless touched me deeply, and for his courageous and passionate message I salute him.
Rating: 4
Summary: Roberts Deserves Credit
Comment: I have not finished the book yet but i am pretty close to done. I think Roberts is a very smart and a sincere man who diserves credit for his book and his humane training techniques. i have watched tv/movie programs with roberts and am still stunned. i started reading Shy Boy also. even if his methods are old methods he still diserves credit. i am disturbed to think that someone said that Roberts said he basically spiced his book up. i have a hard time believeing this and would be intrigued to find out the date of the article where Roberts supposibly said that some of it was false. i would have gave the book 5 stars but i havent finished it yet. Way to go Roberts!!!
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Title: Horse Sense for People by Monty Roberts ISBN: 0142000973 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Shy Boy : The Horse That Came in from the Wild by Monty Roberts ISBN: 0060932899 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title:Monty Roberts: A Real Horse Whisperer ASIN: B00004WG56 Publisher: BBC Video Pub. Date: 19 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.98 |
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Title: Body Language of Horses by Tom Ainslee, Tom Ainslie ISBN: 0688036201 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 May, 1980 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership by Mark Rashid ISBN: 1555662498 Publisher: Johnson Books Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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