Water for Elephants
CDN$ 18.87
Life in persective - This book, Water for Elephants, was one of the most heart wrenching yet warm stories I have read in a long while. The truth of Jacobs Story, both old and young Jacob forces us to think of the way we treat people around us, of all ages.It was a story I think all of us are much better for reading. Thank You Terrie
Gripping Story and Characters - This book does provide a fairly riveting story set within post depression America and also provides good insights into the circus business during this era. The book balances the dynamics of maintaining a circus in tough economic times against a host of vivid and disparate personalities that can both support and challenge the stability of the circus. For example there is Big Al who runs the circus with a nearly ruthless practicality, redlighting individuals who violate his rules. There is August, second in command, alternately tough and gracious, supportive and cruel. There is Jacob, the hero, who stumbles into the world after fleeing Cornell Vet School and who subsequently falls in love with August s wife. The book alternates between the young Jacob in the circus and the elderly Jacob in a nursing home. Some of the dialogue the characters use during the depression era sounds like it came from the 21st century but other than that there is a gritty, often grotesque and unblinking realism in everything from death to romance.
Beautiful - This is a story unlike any other...and one I ll never forget. Water for Elephants is a book I will pick up every couple of years and re-read because it is that wonderful.
Fabulous fiction - for those craving a marvellous story - Recipe for a perfect afternoon: a tall glass of real iced tea, phones off, a tub filled with your favourite scented bubbles, no kidlets or other distractions, and this jewel of a book. I wept at the end - simply because it ended! Luxuriate in the pages of a novel in which this fine storyteller whisks you away into another world where you, too, will fall in love with an elephant.
Haunting book - This book is a gem. It persists to stay in my mind and has been a true eye-opener into the life of the circus workers. From a vet s point of view as well as one who depends on the circus to survive- mind blowing.I can usually tell how much I enjoyed a book by how much of it stays in my mind days after. This book is haunting my thoughts. It will be a long while until I find another story such as this one.