Water for Elephants

I loved this book! I read it when it first came out and couldn't put it down! Wonderful author and beautiful, tragic story and love, business, and memories. I would defintely keep this one of your list of "must-reads"!

best book ever!! full of compassion, joy, bitter and life..

never a second of boredom reading it :) love jacob!

i love this book

I was like you thefluffyowl, I also got halfway through the book and could not feel anything for the characters. I did finish the book but did not enjoy it.

This was actually a book I couldn't finish :/ I got several chapters in, and really could care less about the characters. For those of you that enjoyed the book, what about it did you like about it?

Quite possibly the best book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I never thought a book about the circus could make me feel the way this one did. I am not sure another book ever will. It touched me.

I loved this book...it had everything in it! Made me mad, happy and made me cry...I have to say it's one of the best that I have ever read!

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I love novels like this one. i throughingly enjoyed it, it warmed my heart.

This book made me think of older people in a completely different way.

The book is written as flashbacks for a 93 year old Jacob who is now residing in an assisted living home. As he watches the circus come to town and is incensed when one of the other residents says that he used to carry water for elephants, Jacob is propelled back into old locked away memories and secrets. I did not enjoy the beginning of this book and struggled to stay with it, but towards the end it really came into its own and was a fantastic escapist novel. Check out my full www.ourbookclub.net.au review at

http://www.ourbookclub.net.au/LiteratureAndFiction2010.php#water for elephants

cannot WAIT for the movie!! loved this book!!

I read this book as well. Extremely entertaining. I couldn't put it down either. It paints a very strong picture. Excellent read.

I enjoyed this book very much. It has a very non-fiction feel to it. The characters are well developed, and many of the scenes are unpredictable. Some of the "adult" scenes were a little more than I need to visualize, but it made the book have a raw honest feel to it. It wasn't my favourite book that I read this year, but a good read anyway.

Couldn't believe I would like this, but I did! Am now wondering about the Ape book.........my brain says no, but I suspect the rest will love it!

:] it is becoming a movie. and i hope it doesnt get ruined.

Robert Pattinson && Reese Witherspoon.

This is a lovely book, I couldn't put it down, it is so interesting, captivating would be a better word. Its now one of my very favourites, it has so much in it. Definitely recommended by me.

I picked this book up on a whim, not knowing anything about it. I ended up really enjoying it. The author did his homework on circus's of that time period, not to mention what was going on in the country in general. Good characters that you can root for and an engaging read. I highly recommend it. Oh, it is an adult read, though, due to situations that occur in the story.

a wonderfull read. very visual. jacob jankowski is in mmy mind. thanks for this novel ms gruen...

a wonderfull read. very visual.

I listened to this as an audiobook. Not only was it a good story with characters that you really cared about; but the audio presentation was well done.

I picked this book up at Borders and just fell in love with the characters and the story. I recommend this book to everyone I talk to.

I really didn't want to read this book but it was picked in my Book Club. I loved it! Its just a wonderful story with wonderful characters and it was surprisingly funny.

One of my favorite books. We read this recently in our Book Club here in town. It was a great favorite. The book has stayed with me...this alone makes it worth a read.

Ahh...this is one of my favorite books. You meet the main character and follow him through his life. It's one of those books that when you finish the book, you truly feel finished.