Kris L. (miss-info) reviewed on 2/13/2011 + 386 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Being a book about a zoo, I was hoping for a lot of animal stories. There were some, and they were interesting and funny, but most of the book dealt with logistics. Bankers, finances, employees, do we build an ice cream kiosk, pavement. Another large section of the book involved Mee's wife dying of cancer. I liked the writing style, I liked that he did NOT write about animals dying (got enough of that in The Zookeeper's Wife), but I really missed simply having more about the animals. That is, after all, why we read books about zoos. I will say this: next time I go to a zoo, I'm dropping extra in the donation box! You get a whole new appreciation for behind the scenes and what it actually takes to keep zoos open.

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