Thursday, July 2, 2009

Book Review : Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen




I absolutely loved loved this book. The characters were easy to follow, to relate to . I felt like i was riding along, like i was a part of the circus!

Jacob Jankowski : " I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other." Jacob is living in a senior citizen home, grumpy, depressed and starting to lose his memory . The author does a wonderful job of alternating between Jacobs story of his life in the circus and his current life.
The details of circus life, the struggles, the sadness
and the happy times.

I'm not very good with reviews, heres the review from Barnes and Noble:

Synopsis

Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. He introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus's animal trainer); and to Rosie, the seemingly untrainable elephant Jacob cares for. Beautifully written, with a luminous sense of time and place, Water for Elephants tells of love in a world in which love's a luxury few can afford.


I highly recommend reading this one. On a scale of 1-10 this definitely gets a 10!!




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've had this one on my list for awhile, but still haven't gottn to it. Sounds like you loved it.

Ordinary Reader said...

This sounds like a good book. I'm going to move it up on my list. Thanks for the recommendation.
Found you on the hop.
Dianne