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Title: Send the heroine to a shrink!
Review: After reading Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants and Ape House, I really expected much better. Her heroine Annemarie was such a train wreck that I found myself either embarrassed for her or just plain annoyed at her as she bungled her way through this novel. It was difficult to feel any sympathy for her and Sara did a poor job of developing a relationship between her and her new-found replacement for Harry, her beloved horse who died in the accident. Granted, I listened to the audio book version, and the actress who read it was overly dramatic and very harsh sounding throughout, so perhaps I'm being a little unfair. I found myself just wanting to tell this woman to go get some therapy before you totally destroy your world and everyone in it. It wasn't a fun read, just disappointing and irritating. Sara obviously improved with experience.
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