Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (extract here) was lent to me by a friend and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I loved it.
It's like a slice of black forest cake, sweet but with a hint of darkness. Like Carnival (the TV series), but less apocalyptic. It is a love story, a romantic story. A review in the New York Times describes the novel as a 'fairy tale', which hits the nail on the head. A grand romantic fairy tale that is somehow about the everyday. It's enchanting.
And now I see that they are making a movie with Robert Pattinson. I swear that's not why I thought of this book!
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