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It is a great bottle to take along everywhere. I love the part that inverted the blue cover into a bowl. It is very easy to drink out of it and love the strap. I hang the bottle over car seat and can be reach easily.

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My little boy dog looks totally adorable in this coat. It’s really easy to get on and off him. It’s a great value as it is very well made and keeps him warm. It’s really easy to launder. I’m glad that I bought it.
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KONG Classic Kong Dog I have had 3 dogs in my life. A cocked spaniel, a shar-pei, and a maltese. None of them were ever really interested in this dog toy. I have no idea why. At first, they would chew on it a couple of …

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This cable (Hdmi 2m (6 Feet) Super High Resolution Cable) was recommended with the Blu-Ray player I purchased, so I bought it. What I did not know was that it was NOT necessary because I had no intentions of connecting it my computer. What with restocking fees and cost to return, it isn’t worth it to send it back, so I’m stuck with something I didn’t need. You really should not recommend items to go with something else unless you give the buyer more information, especially people like me who are DVD/Computer illiterate.(I tried did not rate this because I’m not using it, but it would not let me continue without a rating.)
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Excellent book, the way it is written and what you get out of the book.
Would recommend this book highly.
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This was one of the best novels I have read in years. From the first page to the last, it is a book you do not want to put down. The author has done an excellent job of making all of her characters very real. This is her first novel but I hope it is not her last.
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Water for Elephants is an interesting text because it is not especially well written, the story is pure soap opera, and yet it is an enjoyable read that at times evokes a long gone era. I think it suffers from overly effusive praise and so many readers are bitterly disappointed once they get through it.
First, let’s look at the strengths of the novel. I enjoyed the evocations of circus and train life. Gruen clearly spent some time working on these descriptions of circus life and there are little Depression era details that were nice historical jewels for the reader to mine. Also effective was her characterization of old Jacob. His voice was witty and biting and he provided the most pleasure of any character in the text. Chapter nineteen of the novel is the saddest depiction of rest home life I have read in literature. A man is forgotten by his family, and the scene is heartbreaking.
Now to examine the reasons why this book is unsatisfying. First off the characters from the 1930s parts of the novel are some of the weakest characterizations I have seen in a book in a long time. They are stock characters at best, and the villains are the mustache twirling men from melodrama. It is hard to care about any of the characters because they are so transparently fake. Even more distracting then the weak characterization is the incredibly insipid (and modern sounding) dialogue Gruen puts in their mouths. She has such nice historical details in the setting of the text, why couldn’t she also use it in the dialogue?
Many readers have found the ending unsatisfying, and although it is ridiculous, it fits the novel so I won’t argue with it. The cloying depiction of animals is also a little beyond the pale, but again, I simply had to come to terms with the novel for what it is. It is popular fiction. It is a melodrama you will get caught up in. And for those purposes it is adequate. Don’t go into it expecting more than what it is capable of giving and you will be satisfied.

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