by Sara Gruen The prologue starts out with a sad situation. A young woman, Mairi, has lost her baby to stillbirth, and soon after learns that her husband, a soldier in WWII, is missing, presumed dead. How this ties in with the story to come will take some time to become clear, but the reveal was w...
Like most people, I loved Water for Elephants. I loved it so much that I could never read Ape House because I know how those expectations tend to kill the next book, no matter how hard the author tries. (Please feel free to tell me if you think I should reconsider that decision). By now, I figured e...
To get back in the good graces of his father, wealthy society-boy Ellis, his wife Madeleine and his best friend Hank decide to cross the ocean in the midst of World War II to prove the existence of Nessie, the Loch Ness monster. Their journey isn´t at all what they expected and as time passes, Madel...
“The monster – if there was one – never revealed itself to me again. But what I had learned over the past year was that monsters abound, usually hiding in plain sight.” And so concludes the most original story about World War II that I have ever read. There is something about life during WWII th...
Probably rate this book more like a three and a half. (When are ya'll going to offer the half star rating, Goodreads?) Ok. So, what did I think about this book? Well, for starters, the characters were beyond shallow. I mean, I know that was the point in the beginning but there's no way I was able to...
I received an advance review copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Sara Gruen’s Water For Elephants was a near perfect reading experience for me. Fantastic characters and compelling story line set in an accurate and fascinating historical setting. ...
AT THE WATER'S EDGE "AT THE WATER'S EDGE" is thrilling new novel from the author of "WATER FOR ELEPHANTS" Sara Gruen. This is a fascinating period fiction of World War Two. It is a story of a privileged couple and their companion, Madeline and her husband Ellis and his childhood pal Hank, are disgra...
Maddie, Ellis and their friend, Hank are wealthy socialites who live a life of luxury. They are spoiled and rude and entirely unlikable. After making the perilous journey by ship to Scotland (during war-time I might add) the two men pretty much abandon Maddie while they hunt for the elusive Loch N...
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