One word: AWESOME!
I just read (actually a few weeks ago) this book "Water for Elephants." At first I was a little skeptical about it, cause lets be honest... the title is bizarre. But I wasn't expecting to really love it.
I am a difficult reader to grasp. My attention needs to be grabbed almost immediately or otherwise I will not finish the book. So I was a little worried that this story is set in the 1930s. The first line of the book is ...
I am ninety or ninety-three. One or the other.
The story of Jacob Jankowski, a ninety or ninety-three year old man who reminisces of his days working in the circus. He takes us back to the 1930s when he was 23 years old. A vet student at Cornell, his life takes a drastic change when his parents die and he is left with nothing. He runs away and more or less joins the circus by accident. How do you join a circus by accidnet?! You jump a train, who just happens to house a circus!
Jacob falls in love with Marlena, the wife of the schizo animal trainer. I will stop right there cause I obviously don't want to give more away cause I know you will read it and I would hate to ruin it for you :)
Definetly a must read!
Sidenote: It is currently being made into a movie, so stay tuned. Can't wait to see it :)
