Jamie's Book # 15: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

No surprise here, this was a great book. I had already watched the movie, so I pretty much knew the entire plot line. My least favorite part was that the story was told through the memories of the main character in his old age. I've never been a fan of that - not in Titantic or The Notebook. I want to be immersed in the plot line, and that's hard to do when I keep being brought back to the reality that everyone gets old, people you love die and life starts to suck. Aside from that, I really enjoyed this book. It paints a picture of life in the circus during prohibilition that is shocking yet believable. I grew to love the characters - I even loved to hate horrible August. And of course, I'll never forget Rosie the elephant. Over, this is an 8.5/10.