Water for Elephants: Week 5, Post B

Dear Jacob,

You really have an amazing story. It’s so complex and with little side stories and it’s just so interesting! I love the side story of you and Marlena. Although it makes me sad and it’s kind of depressing that you can’t be with her, it’s really helping me be more interested in the book. It’s making me want to finish it! The rest of the book is good, but I don’t think it’s really the kind of book that I’d pick up on my own, but now that I’m reading it, I’m interested again. This feeling, sadly, comes and goes. I think that’s how it is with lots of books and their readers, however. It is so sad, your situation with Marlena, because you both love each other, but neither of you can do anything about it to change it. She is married, and I think she is probably regretting that decision of hers. I know that I would be regretting it. It must be very frustrating and painful for you to see her every single day and to know that you can’t be with her because of August, who treats her so badly. You must be pained to see her treated like this. You love her, and you know that if she was with you, she wouldn’t be like this. I think it’s good that you still get to see her everyday, however. This is lucky for you. What would be worse is if you were in love with her, and she had never met you in her life. That is a bad situation to be in. I’d actually consider you lucky.

Emma