water for elephants

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water for elephants by Sara Gruen

summary from amazon.com: The novel, told in flashback by nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski, recounts the wild and wonderful period he spent with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, a traveling circus he joined during the Great Depression. When 23-year-old Jankowski learns that his parents have been

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[alle_goriest]

I know I'm a little late to comment on this, but I'm really glad I'm not the only person who disliked this book. It came highly recommend and was mostly a disappointment. For a book that she apparently did a lot of research on, Gruen's story was unrealistic to me. And boring-unrealistic.

It's been a while since I read it, but I seem to remember feeling like a lot of the circus-related ideas were really clichéd, too. Oh well.