Book Recommendation: Water For Elephants

I am really enjoying this book so far. I have yet to see the movie but I have also heard good things about that. It took a while for me to get into the book but about halfway through i started to find it more enjoyable. At first the going back and forth from the past to the present seemed very confusing to me when I started. There are few chapters where it goes to Jacob in the Nursing home. In my opinion those chapters seem important. Jacob does not only have conflict in the past where he works in the circus but also in his dreaded nursing home. For example another resident at the nursing home, Mr. McGuinty claims he "carried water for elephants" which upsets Jacob tons because he knows the man is lying. Furthermore I see more and more character development which lets the reader become more involved in the book and enjoy it. The first half was slow but the book is starting to pick up more and more now. I would recommend this book to anyone. This book isn't directed towards anyone in specific. But if you like a book with some drama this one would be good. Even though I have not finished this book there are a lot of events building up to what I believe to turn into a huge problem. 

Water For Elephants Summary

    In my previous post on character explanations i made some predictions on a few characters. Thorough my reading, August has developed himself into a more antagonist character every page. August has shown his true colors when he interacts with the animals. While reading i discover how terrible they treat their animals but especially how August treats Rosie. As we know Rosie is the new elephant addition to the circus. August mistreats newcomer Rosie with the bull hook causing their first performance to go awry. Considering Jacob's love for animals and his growing fondness for Rosie it makes sense that Jacob is also starting to realize how smart the elephant is and that August is not doing something right.

     Some conflict between August and Jacob is starting to be present. I predict that something bad will go down soon. Marlena is in a way provoking this because Jacob is interested in her. This causes so much trouble because August is protective of Marlena. Even when a guy looks at August's wife they are in a ton of trouble with him. But something is hinting that Marlena is not happy in her relationship, in the end i can see her with Jacob.