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Summary: 'EXCITING'
Review: I love to read "ANYTHING" involving the wealthy, their horses; and their "world"! At first, I didn't think I would like this book...that is until I began reading it...then I couldn't put it down! "Riders" was my first Jilly Cooper, but not my last for sure!
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Summary: Wonderful Book!
Review: I loved this book because of it's multitude of characters. The first time I read it years ago I just couldn't put it down. I ended up skipping class. I don't have any classes to skip anymore but I still just can't put it down no matter how many times I read it.One of the great things about this novel is the fact that it's so big. You don't have to give up the characters after just a couple hundred of pages. And the sequels are just as good!
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Summary: It doesn't get any better than this!
Review: I read everything I can get my hands on - from classics, to fantasy, romance, technical publications, and best sellers. This is my favorite book of all time. I find Jilly Cooper's writing style fast, sexy, and enthralling. I read this book for the first time over 10 years ago and have just re-read it. It's mesmerizing. Rupert, Jake, Fen, Billy and company will keep you glued to the pages. Add to that horses and show-jumping, this book just couldn't get any better.
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Summary: it was great
Review: i thought it was fantastic and it kept me in suspense through out
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Summary: I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!
Review: I've read this book about ten times now and thought I was alone but I'm relieved after browsing through the other reviews to see that I'm not! I've also read Polo, and Rivals several times and they are both just as good. If you like a really good riveting, racy read plus romance without being slushy, read Jilly! Oh and lots of laughs along the way, too!
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Summary: Great trashy novel
Review: If you are ever in the mood for a good trashy summer beach novel this is the one to read (no summer or beach actually required). Jilly Cooper's novel are fun and full of sexy charcters. This is definitely her best one.
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Summary: Riders was a fun read!
Review: If you like horses, this is a must read! It brings you into the world of horse jumping. If you are looking for a sequel, read Players. It continues with Rupert C. Black.
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Summary: Hilarious, irreverent and jolly good fun
Review: Jilly Cooper finds it hard to take much seriously - which is great for us as her novels are a rollicking good reads. I suppose if you were to get deeply meaningful and analyse her books then you would find some serious themes underlying them - guilt, betrayal, loyalty, and love - but Jilly Cooper sets out to seduce us with great verve and fun - and she definitely succeeds Riders is the first book in her series of six books (so far) and begins the career of Rupert Campbell Black - rake and world class show-jump rider. He is up against the part Gypsy Jake Lovell his arch rival, who has our initial sympathy. Around them are a cast of dozens major and minor characters all inextrciably linked in the quest to win a gold medal at the upcoming Olympic Games. - oh yeah, and her characters are all the glamorous people of the British Upper class. It is hard to know at times who one ought to feel sympathetic with because above all else Cooper provides us with very likeable but wildly flawed characters. Rupert, as she is has much frustration in his life but little self doubt. Jake is suspcious, dark, and deeply superstitious. I just love Cooper's writing style, it is full-bodied, funny, stacked with puns and totally tongue in cheek - but it is rather explicit sexually so if you don't like 'bonk-busters' then this probably isn't for you. Her next book, Rivals, I think is her best.
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Summary: A celebration of gloriously bad behavior!
Review: Jilly Cooper's fiction is breezy, bitchy and great fun. While the characters in Riders appear in much of her fiction, it can certainly be read as a stand-alone novel. Her characters are wonderful, frequently shooting themselves in the foot with their all-too human foibles. It is a glorious celebration of people who drink too much, screw too much (usually the wrong people), and no matter what their position in life, are chronically short of money. You will be instantly drawn in to the fast-paced and competitive world of international show jumping. NOTE: If I remember correctly, Andrew Parker-Bowles, Camilla's ex, is one of the sources credited in the front of the book.
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Summary: My all-time favorite book
Review: My Mom bought me this book on a trip to England back in the mid-1980's when it was published. All she knew was that it was "horsey", and I was a horse-crazy teen. I have thanked her ever since for bringing Jilly Cooper into my life! Perhaps because it was the first, "Riders" is still my favorite, although I love her subsequent tales as well -- even the non-"horsey" ones. The characters are so well-developed, that there are so many people to love and hate -- and hate to love! Rupert should not be a sympathetic character, yet who doesn't root for him in the final Olympic test of his heart and strength? Jake is moody, broody, and takes Tory for granted -- yet OF COURSE you want things to wind up well for him. And even though Fen takes a detour into bratty self-obsession, you have to hope that she and Dino will get it together in the end. I go back and re-read this book every year or two, and EVERY TIME I hate to put it down, and I'm depressed when I reach the end. I hope Jilly Cooper continues writing about the antics of these fabulous characters. I'd hate to think "Score" was her last tale about this group! There are so many stories left to tell. Read this book!
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