tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301345068750462987.post4945182881385650397..comments2023-11-05T02:09:55.179-08:00Comments on The Literary Gathering: Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301345068750462987.post-6818903796211556252011-10-31T09:45:08.834-07:002011-10-31T09:45:08.834-07:00PS While the romantic in me wants to agree with y...PS While the romantic in me wants to agree with your third and fourth points, the fact that their relationship began as an extra-marital affair definitely tarnishes it for me. No matter how awful her husband was, as she said, she made her bed, and now she has to lie in it.Chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115244151524648460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301345068750462987.post-15449569355304272242011-10-31T09:38:20.289-07:002011-10-31T09:38:20.289-07:00Agreed, Tessa. That's why I really struggled w...Agreed, Tessa. That's why I really struggled with putting the book away when I really wanted to finish reading it. Then we had a sermon on LD 33 yesterday, which really convicted me. One thing the minister said in particular made me decide right then that I would go home after church and write the above review. Referring to Q&A 89 about the dying of the old nature, ("...and more and more to hate it and to flee from it..."), he reminded us that we don't just ask God to forgive us our sins, we are also called upon to FLEE from sin, and that means to turn our backs on anything that tempts us to sin. Thinking of the language and the explicit descriptions in the book, I could no longer justify finishing it, and I stand by my conviction that it is not a book for us to read.Chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115244151524648460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301345068750462987.post-73417863030864581082011-10-31T09:20:05.168-07:002011-10-31T09:20:05.168-07:00Things I liked about Water for Elephants:
- the ho...Things I liked about Water for Elephants:<br />- the honest portrayal of the elderly. Sometimes we forget that they were young once too. The nurse and the circus master who help Jacob relive the past are heroes to me.<br />- the clear illustrations of the desperation of the Depression Era. With the economic crisis of today, we can be more sympathetic...<br />- the faithfulness of Jacob and Marlena. In this world of easy come - easy go marriage, I found myself cheering for Jacob and Marlena and their happily ever after.<br />- the world can be really ugly: to find beauty and love in the midst of that ugliness is still magic to me.TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17784303856753687264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301345068750462987.post-52820025159910781792011-10-30T16:28:38.747-07:002011-10-30T16:28:38.747-07:00I agree wholeheartedly! I threw my book away. The ...I agree wholeheartedly! I threw my book away. The movie is supposedly a lot better.melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973151281239316141noreply@blogger.com