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This book was just ok for me. Not great, but not bad. The story was enjoyable enough, the characters diverse enough, and the narration creative enough that I liked it (particularly the contrast of the older and younger Jacob). That said, I don't think it lived up to its potential at all, and I was left wanting SO much more info about the side characters, Marlena and August's relationship, Marlena and Jacob's romance etc. Nothing quite lived up to what it could have been, and an extra hundred or
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Water for Elephants was certainly more than I expected. The only thing I knew about this novel was that it had been made into a movie with good ol' Robert Pattinson. However, I was glad to begin the book and just as quickly finish it - a quick read and an engrossing one. I've never known much about the circus, but I'm glad I took the time to read about the "Great Circus Disaster" and the "growing-up" tale of Jacob because the switching between his elderly life, and his young adventures was just
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I didn't expect to like this at all, and only read it for my book group, but it was really interesting. My main problem with it was that I couldn't get Rob Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon out of my head. I prefer to create my own pictures of book characters.
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May 09, 2020
Tim
marked it as to-read-maybe
May 30, 2013
Prabhleen Singh
marked it as to-read
Feb 11, 2013
Maggie Millar
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Lorraine
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Jul 27, 2013
Julia Mc
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Jan 06, 2018
Booklover101
marked it as to-read
