I haven't much to say about this book, but it was indeed quite easy reading and a very lovely read as well. Very touching. I loved the elephants. I've had a somewhat big fascination with them, I found the Elephant Dictionary very interesting - I'd like to read more on that sort of thing. I did find it hard to see that Jo seemed to leave his beloved animals so easily, but I was also glad that Sophie did not make that choice, perhaps it was really for the best after what happened with Lear. They did have a strange relationship, after all.Kim Echlin was another new-to-me author, and once again I find myself glad to have ventured out of my reading "comfort zone."
This is a piece of fiction that felt incomplete to me in some ways. I obviously love animals and was hoping to read about the emotional connection the protagonist experienced with the elephants. Written in the first person, everything seemed removed and unemotional. There wasn't much to connect to. Though the author did a very good job of writing about the main character's reactions to her mother dying and having to be there for her last weeks, everything else felt unfinished. Like it needed to
