Summary: An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of "Riding Lessons." "Gritty, sensual and charged with dark secrets involving love, murder and a majestic, mute heroine.
Favorite Quotes:“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”
“I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin.
My Thoughts:This is one of those books that makes me sad that make me sad that Good Reads rating system is skewed toward the low end. I enjoyed the book, but I wobble back and forth on how much. It’s a book that gets off to incredibly slow start. The beginning doesn’t tie into a bigger picture the way I like my books to, but I’m more than glad I stuck with it. Water for Elephants is one of those rare books that would be infinitely more entertaining on a second read. It’s a book that sticks with you after you’ve finished. You’d think picking up another book would help ease it from your mind, but there’s something so rich so enticing about the world that Gruen paints. If follows you around no matter how hard you try and shake it off. The second half of the book deserves at least four stars, while the beginning only two, which in the end leaves me with three and a sad feeling because that somehow seems unfair.
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