I think I need to go back and reread it because I read it so fast! I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had slowed down. I initially thought it was too violent, and then at the end I thought it ended too neatly! OH well.

I really enjoyed this book. I learned a great deal about dolphins.

My only real quibble (and it's a big one, for me) was one of the captions of the photos. It identified the person as the girlfriend of a male researcher. In other photos this woman appears in, she is called a dolphin researcher. Why label her as a girlfriend then? This probably looms big in my mind because I was appalled by the reaction to L'Wren Scott as "Mick Jagger's girlfriend", rather than celebrating the woman in her own right. Don't we all want to be something more than someone else's spouse?

A classic I had never read before. I selected a poem from the book for "Poem in my Pocket" Day. A great choice.

The cover of the book threw me a bit; I was expecting a graphic novel for some reason. That could have just been me though. Anyway, I've read and enjoyed Sheinkin's books before, so I knew to expect something well-researched and well-written. It was both those things, and another compelling story. I am horrified I have never heard this story before and I believe it should be taught in high schools across the country.