At the end will life have been worth it?

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Jacob Jankowski may be ninety-something and sometimes fears that he’s losing his mind, but his memories of the time he worked as the vet for Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth is as strong a memory as ever. The recent orphaned, homeless, and Ivy League college dropout has found himself on a circus train during the great depression. He not only finds a job with the circus, but along the way he finds friends in the least likely ways.

After reading that synopsis, I know what you are thinking, most boring book ever. But please hear me when I say, it was awesome! Even though my summary was boring, you have to believe me that the book was superb! Water for Elephants will have you hooked from the first page. Literally I started reading it late one night, not intending but to read a few pages to get me started, and by page 7 I didn’t want to put it down. Within the next couple of days I read it in its entirety and wished that it never ended. It’s a sit on the edge of your seat, can’t wait to see what happens next thrilling story of survival, love, and a life worth living.

I don’t want to give too many details in my blog because I don’t want to ruin anything for you if you are going to read it, which I highly advise you to do. But, I do just want to talk about the author for a moment. I was so entrapped by her writing, it didn’t matter what the characters were doing, she made the subject at hand the most interesting action ever. I don’t know why I should care that an ninety or ninety three year old man got corn on the cob, but man I wanted to drive and find him and give him an apple or corn on the cob, or both. Gruen has a way with words that is hard to come by. Every word of it was gripping and I could taste it, touch it, and feel it from the beginning to the end. Books like this are hard to come by, so read it!