I have been debating on reading this book for awhile now. I would always pick it up and put it back down. My mom had it so I thought I would just borrow it from her but I never got around to it. Well, we just got back from visiting our family in Florida and I was out of books to read. So I went through my mom's bookshelves (and their are a TON). I asked her which books she had liked and she starts pulling out book after book after book, one of them being Water For Elephants. She said she loved it so I thought I would give it a try.
The book is WONDERFUL! It is set in a circus and not the circuses of today but the ones back in the day. When they would arrive on train, set up, do a little circus parade and be on their way. Like the circus in Dumbo. I would have LOVED to go to one of those circuses! So right off the back I'm hooked. I wanted to know everything about how they ran those things. I knew going into the book that it wasn't a glamorous life. I knew that the people and the animals weren't treated the best too,.After reading the book, that is a huge understatement unless you had the right people around to take care of the animals and look after the people.
It is definitely a must read, in my opinion. I loved it from start to finish. Very emotional and you just feel in love with some of the characters. Others you loved to hate. It was absolutely amazing!
