I finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson and I wouldn't recommend the book at all. It was one of the worst books I have read so far.

I was browsing for new books at the book store and saw the cover and title of this book and gravitated toward it immediately. What convinced me to buy it was the small round New York Times "One of the 10 best books of the year" symbol. I don't know why it received this honor. I would be very interested to know what the reviewers based their criteria on to give this book that kind of award.

While reading, I kept thinking that at any moment the book was going to "get" really good. I kept waiting and waiting for the book to make it's point. Nope. Never did. The ending was just as plain and boring as the rest of the book. I am so aggravated that I wasted my money on Out Stealing Horses.

If anyone has read Out Stealing Horses and enjoyed it can you please let me know why? I would like hearing about this book from another perspective.