Review: Up By Your Bootstraps
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 8, 2011
Yet another Horatio Alger story, albeit the female version. Horseman kept me reading throughout, with interest building and story unfolding. Much of the story is predictable, but life is similar in many respects. I completely enjoyed the developing characters and the variety of images presented. The seamier side of life during the Depression era in Australia, the upper classes, political exploitation and as one would hope, the comeuppance of those who seemed destined to rule the world through ruination of everyone around them.For historical fiction buffs, it is an enjoyable read. I was disappointed slightly in the number of increasing editing errors, (their, there, they're and your, you're) but on the main, it was well written.I would happily read more by this talented author.Gordon Ryan