Fascinating, gruesome and eye opening. Great read!

This is really strange, and I once I started it I didn't feel like picking it back up. Maybe if it wasn't due back to the library I would have tried to read more.

This was ok. After starting it, I didn't really feel inclined to pick it up and finish it. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood.

I stopped about halfway through. It's a really good book, but it's depressing as hell. I found myself torn between wondering why the poor dad continued to stretch things out if his quality of life was so poor and getting angry at how childish and selfish the kids were. The final straw was when they were racing wheelchairs at the hospital when they should have been learning to care for their dad after his surgery. I didn't want to read anymore.

Just as dark and gritty as the first book. It picks off right where the first left off, and I couldn't anticipate where it was going. I appreciate that it doesn't end in a cliffhanger, leaving me jonseing for the next book.

I know elephants are smart, but I had no idea that they have a sense of humor or that they were such social animals. The elephants were the best part of this book. Their work during World War II was interesting and inspiring, but my favorite parts of the book were the stories about the elephants and their personalities. Also, this reinforced why camping in the jungle is not on my bucket list.