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Modac and his trainer were destined to be together through sinking boats, fires, wars , violence and etc. I was able to enjoy this book. This book made me wish I had access to elephants. Although i am in agreeance with most that this book is more fiction than fact. If you want a good love story this will have you turning pages and rooting for Modac. :) I would and will recommend it for others to read. I also just read somewhere that Kevin Kostner is producing this as a film so I will be watching it when it hits cinemas.
I like to savour a book with wisdom and a message that feels like it was written for me to help me get through whatever I might be going through at the time I sit down and read it.If this is your case, THEN you won't be dissappointed at all. I bet the dissappointed suckers who gave it like 3 stars say this book is bull because they read if after reading the Secret by Rhonda Byrne. This book is what I needed to heal my broken heart. psh.
Who the hell cares if it is fiction or not. If you are torn between loving two wonderful women and torn between living in the past and the furture, torn between the nature of life and death, this book will bring a wonderful message of healing and truth to your heart. This book is wonderful and will make you cry tears that will heal. It was meant to be. They are judging this book too hard, and believe it or not, by the cover as well.
Who said reality is the new fiction these days. This book has changed my life.forever. So many tears wouldn't have healed my broken heart like this book healed me in a week. BUY THE THING. I'd rather believe in something like, quote: "the love for one does not take the love for another." than believing that I brought my fate upon myself metaphysically.
I don't know about you, but I disklike motivational sugary stuff. Specially if you love animals.If you're going to give something three stars or less make sure you :don't own a copy of The Secret, that you're reviewing crap by Rhonda Byrne, and you've actually read the book to see if you need the message MODOC brings.Giving it 3 stars makes you look like an **S and could take away somebody else's chances at healing their broken heart, whether they are grieving for a deseased one, torn between the past and the present, and between loving two people, which was my case.Lucky me, I ran into it at Borders and it was in the bargain section for some reason. Feel free to grab a highlighter and mark the messages it holds.
I read Modoc because it had been chosen by my book club. I really enjoyed reading this book.I read a few of the reviews and agree that he embellished, but I enjoyed his style of writing. It is clearthat he loves animals.
The captain will come looking for you before we go. Other reviewers have noted that this is in fact a novel -- with a made-up protagonist, made-up events, a story that conflates (and exaggerates) three different entirely-normal-circus-elephants-named-Modoc into one -- rather than the "true story" claimed on the cover. The problem is the author's amateurish style, or lack thereof. WITH MORE EXCLAMATION POINTS.Honestly, it's like a high school girl's novel, except instead of a dashing millionaire the hero is an elephant.The dialogue is written like Arnold Schwarzenegger will deliver it: "Sian, baby, listen. I have to go with him but I'll be back." And that's one of the better scenes. The novel moves through several dramatic turns of plot, and every one is described with florid, overheated prose -- with lots of exclamation points.
If he finds you, I will die trying to save you and we will both be violated. This alone would have kept me from buying "Modoc" if I had read the reviews prior to falling in love with the cover (which, as another reviewer noted, certainly *IS* the best part of the book.).However, less represented in the reviews is the quality of the writing, which is so appalling that after two months of struggle I finally gave up trying to finish, barely 100 pages from my goal. I know he will. It's very exciting. And when he gets really excited THE AUTHOR SWITCHES TO ALL CAPS. Do you understand.
HONESTLY.As much as I wanted to like a novel about an intelligent elephant and her bond with her trainer, I could not finish this book and maintain any shred of dignity.
There is no mention of Modoc's beloved "Bram" during this time in his later life, which is incongruous with the information shared in Modoc.However, I read Modoc as a "story" and didn't concern myself with truth analysis, and can say it was one of the most provoking and excellent stories I have read in my entire life. Modoc is a beautiful journey of the heartfelt bond between human and animal, that knows no bounds. And I've read many. The author's note claims poetic license is taken in creating this story, and Helfer probably shouldn't have used the word "true." Interestingly, pictures of Modoc appear in the author's book, "Zamba," one with Sonny and Cher standing in front of what appears to be the same big Modoc with the same coloring and ears as in the book Modoc. Also, the author tells how Modoc (who lived on his California ranch) helped rescue fellow animals during a big flood. This book brings one through the most exquisitely beautiful and uplifting emotions, and down into the depths of the most forbidding and desperate, life-endangering emotions. Elephants have long been known to have a depth of emotional intelligence, so I see Modoc as an enlightening book - in the sense that it is not an anthropomorphic story, but one that was truly possible.
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