Tom’s Crossing Broke Me
No, I don’t mean emotionally, but it did do that too (who knew a two page story from a horse’s perspective could move a grown man to tears). The problem is, it has ruined me for other books.
I’ve read twelve books since TC. Some were very highly regarded and reviewed. A couple were classics. None of them has scratched the surface of the emotional and literary journey of TC. None of the has anywhere near the richness of the prose and the characters.
It is making it very difficult to find new reads. I was already frustrated with aggregate ratings due to the number of highly rated books that turned out to be straight bad. But now, I’m basically done with the scores completely, which makes it even harder.
Anyway, I just wanted to share my frustration with the few people I thought might understand. Hopefully the rest of you were able to move on and aren’t still stuck in Orvop as well.