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Book Review of Water for Elephants (Audio CD) (Unabridged)

Water for Elephants (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
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I found this book completely offensive and I can't believe it was on the bestseller list for so long. The main characters are completely pathetic and meek and it only took about 2 disks before I didn't care what happened to any of them. I did not realize there would be so much animal abuse in the book. The main character just sits by as the circus animals are abused, and refuses to confront their attacker because he is the husband of the woman he loves. The woman he loves also suffers abuse from this awful man and does nothing to defend herself. Then, to top it all off, there are a number of completely disgusting and gratuitous sex scenes that I found completely unnecessary to the story. Overall, I hated this book and still can't figure out why it was so popular.