I really enjoyed this; it's well written and has some great period detail. However, it seemed rather slight compared to the pleasures of The Final Confession Of Mabel Stark. I think perhaps I enjoyed it so much I just wanted even more detail and depth. Definitely an entertaining read though.
Quick read. Finished in a day. I liked the juxtaposition of narratives (Old Jacob and Young Jacob). How convenient though, for the bad guy to be eliminated and the lovers to be united in one stroke (deus ex pachyderm). How convenient, for the hard-hearted ring leader to be disposed of as well. How c...
Ja, ich weiß, man sollte Bücher nicht lesen, nachdem man die Verfilmung gesehen hatte. In diesem Fall hatte ich allerdings zunächst gar nicht die Absicht, das Buch zu lesen, erst nachdem mir der Film und besonders die Atmosphäre gut gefallen hat, habe ich mich entschlossen, auch das Buch zu lesen. J...
If I told you I've just got back from the most spectacular journey to the past - to the world of circus where the ugly truths about it are shoved in your face one after another - you wouldn't believe me until you have read Water for Elephants. By the end of it (too bad it ended too fast no matter ho...
The Basics The story follows Jacob Jankowski, ninety-three years young and living in a nursing home. He is haunted by memories of his twenty-three-year-old self and the circumstances that dictated he had no choice but to runaway with the circus. That circus being simultaneously the best and worst ...
i read this book more than six years ago. but i still remeber it very clearly. i remember how i didn't want to read it, i kept visiting the bookshop near my house, saw it, and thought it wad b-o-r-i-n-g but it wouldn't let me go. somehow, itbwent behind my back and convinced someone to buy it for me...
I find it difficult to write a review of Water for Elephants, as it's difficult to pin down exactly how I felt about it. Certainly, the story was entertaining, and I liked Jacob as a character. The book was written in present tense, which I always find a bit tedious, so that didn't help, and the sto...
"A vividly described book that plays with your emotion. You will not know who to feel more sorry for." No, seriously. I don't know who to feel more sorry for. There's Jacob, an aspiring veteranarian student at Cornell, who finds out in the first chapter that his father died, and not only that but b...
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