A review by vee615
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

5.0

Do you like the circus? Adventure? Romance? Evil villains? How about elephants? If you like all these things then this is the book for you. The beginning sucks you into the intrigue of the circus and then you are led up to the events of the first chapter in increments. A college student Jacob is about to take his finals to become a vet, when he gets the news his parents have been killed. He flees not knowing what else to do. The depression has just started and jobs are hard to come by. But the circus needs a vet for their menagerie. Told through the eyes of a 93 year old Jacob the story switches from present to past. This book kept me turning pages long after bed time.