I picked up Water for Elephants after seeing the movie. You know, the one with "that Twilight guy" - who for a change was allowed to smile. And to have other facial expressions besides "permanently constipated". The math is simple:.........................Drum roll: Rosie the elephant works better t...
Wow! This was one amazing, all-encompassing ride. I really didn't know what to expect coming into it; a book about life in a circus. But my word, is it ever so much more! It's a love story, it's a life story, it's an adventure story, it's a coming of age tale. It's so real it almost breathes. ...
Now, tell me if you've heard this one...Present day: Old person looks back on younger self.Past: Jack is having a tough time. He doesn't belong on the ship—er, train, whatever—but he ends up there. He's from a lower class. He meets Rose, she's from a higher class and she's involved with a crazy man,...
I really enjoyed this book. From the moment it began I was hooked. When Jacob's parents are suddenly killed in an accident, he is left homeless and alone. Consumed with grief, he jumps on a travelling train which turns out to be a travelling circus...thus begins the start of an adventure filled with...
Bravo! Bravo! I didn't have any expectations for this book except that I wanted to read the book before I saw the movie. Perhaps I like a book that's told by a grandfather who's reflecting upon his life and we get to flashback and relive it with him. Jacob's got a feisty attitude when he was younge...
Very disappointed, probably more so than I would have been with any other book that didn't meet my expectations because it started off so strong and well-written, and yet by the end it was quite the opposite. The first few chapters really sucked me in. Jacob, our narrator, is an old man in a nursing...
I really enjoyed reading this, it is quite the page turner. But there's something manipulative about it that keeps it, for me, shy of greatness. The good guys are really, really good and the bad guys are pure evil. That tends to tilt things toward melodrama. Read it for fun, and to learn about the s...
I love that the audiobook is read by two narrators, one young and one old.I was engaged and fascinated by the first 2/3 of the story. I enjoyed the time and setting, Jacob's situation (running away to join the circus right before sitting his veterinary exams), the characters he met, all the interest...
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