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Book Review of Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Great story. A page-turner with sympathetic characters all around, even the villains. i enjoyed the framework of using the old-man-looking-back device in some ways, but i never quite "bought" him as a real person. he as a young man back in the circus days seemed believable, as did all the circus characters. a good read, especially if you've ever been to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, which I visited a year before reading this. The animals are the true protagonists so animal lovers may both cringe and smile.