What fun! What a thrill! What a joy this book was.
Needless to say, I really enjoyed “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen. 
Other than “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, which I’ve already gushed about, this is one of the best things I’ve read in a while. It was terribly intriguing and entertaining.
The story is told from two different time periods. It begins with Jacob Jankowski when his is 90, or 93. He can’t really remember. Jacob is in a nursing home and across the street, the circus has come to town. This reminds him of his youth when a series of tragic incidents led him to literally, run off and join the circus.
The book then cuts to his youth and moves back and forth through out the story.
The story of his time with the circus is full of lust, hatred, anger, revenge, beauty, and violence. Jacob falls for a married woman who is a performer in the circus and who is married to a crazy man. He also falls for Rosie, the star of the show, who happens to be an elephant. Jacob is forced to make hard decisions and take drastic measures to protect both of the women he loves. And this is not just any circus he joined, but the circus with one of the worst circus disasters in history. And Jacob was there for it.
The framework for the story is really wonderful. It is interesting to see through the eyes of someone so old, who feels like he has nothing left to give the world, and then to see that man compared to his younger self who is so full of passion and energy. It is a fascinating look both at the lives of the elderly and what it might be like to live in a nursing home as well as what a depression era traveling circus would be like.
This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. From the very beginning. The prologue of the book contains a snippet of the climax of the story. It was exciting and hooked me right away, but it was wonderful to come to it again in the actual climax of the story and learn that not everything was what it seemed.
After finishing the book, I learned that they are making a film version. When I saw the preview, I must say I was very excited.
Read this book. It was wonderful.
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