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I’ve heard much about this book and to hear that it was about the circus, I went in expecting it to be a great book.

I am a little disappointed. Although the author no doubt put much research into this, I never got into the story. Maybe because I felt the book didn’t have a really strong, solid plot to it and it just went on and on about Jacob’s day working at the circus. The romance that was thrown in wasn’t believable and therefore, failed to further the paper-thin plot.

Any good story needs a strong cast of characters. ‘Water for the Elephants’ had many interesting characters that went in and out of the woodwork but none of them felt real to me. They were shallow and two-dimensioned and I didn’t have much emotional connection to them. The one character that was arguably more developed was the dwarf and in the end, even Jacob didn’t seem to care much about him. The main character Jacob wasn’t engaging to me; he’s faced with animal abuse and spousal abuse and he feels sorry, etc. etc, but he’s not proactive about anything. His romance with Marlena was…contrived and random. Jacob showed no indication on WHY he loves her – readers are just told that ‘She looks like Catherine’ (a college crush) and they just fall madly in love with each other. The dialogue between them was just cringe-worthy and mostly consisted of Marlena bursting into tears. Not exactly strong enough to have the whole book revolve around their relationship, which I think is the downfall of this book.

The writing style of this book was very straight-forward and easy to read. I was expecting some great, beautiful writing hearing all those positive reviews like in ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ but I guess not. The writing and the plot seemed amateurish and predictable. The ending was just too contrived and too neatly wrapped up.

All in all, this was a quick read, not really thought-provoking or challenging. I was reading it while on breaks and it was easy to fall out and in of it – which isn’t rea
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Probably because of how stupid it is. It’s been years since I read it, but I can sum it up for you. It follows the experiences of a spoiled rotten dumbass rich kid with no drive, no motivation, no goals, no self respect. Why? Because he’s never worked a day in his life and expects the world to feel sorry for him because he has teenage angst. This kid could be considered the orginal emo without the make up. Yeah he shows signs of schitzophreina, but that really doesn’t make him more compelling or pitful. Bottom line, this is the saga of a self centered little bastard incapable of feeling any emotion for anyone save perhaps his little sister. It’s not timeless, the story teaches nothing, but creates a model of an idiot. I’ll say this though, if you are a parent and you’re kid turns out like this kid, you have failed as a parent. Mabye that’s the point of the book, but I doubt it.

The book is overhyped by the hippie crowd because they can relate to the character. As in they’re spoiled rotten rich little idiots who have never worked a day in their life and are looking for hand outs. That’s the description of the main character and the synopisis of the book. This is probably why the book has been banned so much, because it’s an insipid self centered, apathetic mockery of the human experience. A guide to living for the weak minded so called elite masses.
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This is a great alternative to the same cable sold by Microsoft. It has the same function, and serves the job perfectly well.

I also bought an adapter to use it with my Dell monitor. Works swimmingly.
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This mount does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It holds the GPS at any angle that you choose on the dashboard. The window suction mount was too far away for both my arms and my eyes. Also, the friction mount allows you to move the GPS from one family car to another. It also makes it easy to place your GPS out of sight. As always, great service from Amazon.
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I purchased a large Furminator for a fraction of what I would have paid in a retail store. The shedding tool quickly removed my dogs’ massive undercoats and has reduced their shedding. I received the brand new product very quickly.
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