Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen I would have to say is a must read. It shows how life was in the 1930's for the circus. It has a great romance story line without the trashy sex scenes of tradition romance novels. There are several sentences throughout the book that do explain some sex scenes but it really isn't bad and can be easily skipped over if it is found offensive. Jacob is the main character and time flips back and forth through each chapter. He starts out trying to remember if he is 90 or 93 years old and stuck in a nursing home then the next chapter he is 23 years and reliving his life. His love on the circus was the main start, Marlena, who performed with the horses and eventually with Rosie the elephant. The problem in this story is that Marlena is married to August, the circus animal trainer and main management. This love triangle has some exciting twists and turns that I will not reveal in this review.
After I read the book I went and saw the movie and I loved it just as much as the book. It did a great job of following the book very well with very few changes to keep the viewers attention. They had to make a few character changes but overall it was very good and kept to the story while holding my attention as well as my friends that did not read the book.
Overall, I'm really happy with both the book and the movie and think that many people would enjoy both.
After I read the book I went and saw the movie and I loved it just as much as the book. It did a great job of following the book very well with very few changes to keep the viewers attention. They had to make a few character changes but overall it was very good and kept to the story while holding my attention as well as my friends that did not read the book.
Overall, I'm really happy with both the book and the movie and think that many people would enjoy both.
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