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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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Helpful Score: 2


I picked up this book just to see what it was about and didn't put it down until it was finished. I liked it a lot. Though it is fiction, it includes a wealth of anecdotes about the time (depression) and the trade (Big Top), that actually happened. I enjoyed the author's character development and the introduction to something I knew nothing about. I fell in love with the protagonist on the first page. It would be a great book-club book and has book-club questions in the back of the book.