Water for Elephants

I started and finished this book a few weeks ago on a trip out to Las Vegas. It's certainly an entertaining story, because I started it while I was waiting for my flight at Dulles and I finished it by the time I picked up my car at McCarran.

This was a bit of a depressing tale, when you consider what it says about human nature, the way we treat others, and the way we treat animals - especially the way we take out our feelings about other things on animals. The story as a whole really reminded me of Moulin Rouge and I could easily see Ewan McGregor as the main character. I had a hard time understanding why he felt that he had to protect his elephant for all those years - because who could really blame her for what she did?

While the ending was a bit fantastic, I thought it was more than needed to make up for all of the sad bits that let up to it. All in all, a good read, but not nearly as in depth or generally enjoyable as I had anticipated!