Water for Elephants is about circus life during the Great Depression.Although the book doesn't focus on animals all that much, there was enough reference to keep me satisfied. The Author's love of animals and what they have to teach us, definitely came through.
The ending was great...actually a conclusion to the opening of the book. I especially enjoyed the Author’s Notes, which revealed that much of the inspiration for this novel came from actual historical events. One note was about an elephant who could only understand German!, and was therefore mistaken as stupid because it did not do as it was told...when spoken to in English.
I wasn't blown away, but I did enjoy this novel, or at least parts of it.
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