Helpful Score: 2
I haven't read the prequel to this book, Still Life With Elephant, so I wasn't sure what to expect. An Inconvenient Elephant turned out to be a really enjoyable book! I especially liked that the story began in Kenya and Zimbabwe, which really helped me to understand who the characters are and why they do what they do. Once I started reading, I had a hard time putting the book down. I'll definitely be on the lookout for the prequel now!
Helpful Score: 1
It's not what I expected. First off, I didn't realize that this book is a novel. As a novelist, the author isn't able to capture what I was really looking for in this book: a glimpse into the life of a conservationist in Africa. The main character only had a few encounters with the elephant she was trying to save before she took off back to America. From then on, it's more about her life, her troubles, and less about the relationship she had with the animal- truthfully, there wasn't much of a relationship. The animal was in Africa until the very end and she was in America dealing with an ex boyfriend most of the time. The cover, for me at least, was misleading. The title should also be named, "Getting Over Myself, and Dealing with my Ex". Second, I wasn't a fan of the main character. The author developed her into a compulsive, stubborn, animal lover who frustrated the hell out of me when I was reading.
This is an excellent sequel to "Still Life With Elephant" and I enjoyed it even more. Full of humor, compassion, family, friends who are family also and wacky lovable characters. Animal lovers will want to read this one.
A woman. Two friends. A man. Rescuing elephants. This is a wonderful read about a woman and a man who rescue elephants, two friends who love the wilds of Africa and elephants who need their help. Neelie's life is full of exs - exhusband, exhouse, exdog, exhorse and now exlover. She retreats to caring for baby elephants. Forced to leave her babies in Kenya because of civil turmoil, she meets Diamond-Rose, another New Yorker, fleeing Kenya. The two become involved in an attempted rescue of two male elephants but the adventure is only beginning. To succeed in the rescue, Neelie must enlist the help of the exlover. The story moves quickly and the interpersonal relationships become more tangled. This is a most enjoyable tale.
I read a Still Life with Elephant and loved the story. It was such a nice break from the other novels I was reading. I could not wait to read the next book.
In the first book Neelie turns down Tom and leaves for Africa to work with the baby elephants. A year later Africa is not stable to stay and she starts on a journey home. On her way home she meets a very colorful character named Diamond Rose. Before she leaves Africa she falls in love with an elephant that she has to leave behind. She returns to her elephants she first rescued. But she cannot stop thinking about the elephant she left behind.
Judys writing is smooth and entertaining. Her characters are colorful and engaging.
1. Still Life with Elephant
2. An Inconvenient Elephant
In the first book Neelie turns down Tom and leaves for Africa to work with the baby elephants. A year later Africa is not stable to stay and she starts on a journey home. On her way home she meets a very colorful character named Diamond Rose. Before she leaves Africa she falls in love with an elephant that she has to leave behind. She returns to her elephants she first rescued. But she cannot stop thinking about the elephant she left behind.
Judys writing is smooth and entertaining. Her characters are colorful and engaging.
1. Still Life with Elephant
2. An Inconvenient Elephant
I liked this book better than the previous one. Sweet story with an exciting ending.
