tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post7857803719861370621..comments2024-03-27T06:25:16.096-07:00Comments on Tina Says...: Ape HouseTina's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14313626164494986783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-18471217683021982162010-11-08T08:44:32.204-08:002010-11-08T08:44:32.204-08:00I was disappointed in this book.
Since you'r...I was disappointed in this book. <br />Since you're interested in our great ape cousins, I can't recommend highly enough Bonobo Handshake by Vanessa Woods, also released this year. Check out her website too: http://www.bonobohandshake.com/<br />Like you I am fascinated by the great apes, and Vanessa's memoir of her own real experiences working with bonobos at a sanctuary in the Congo was so much more compelling and riveting than Sara Gruen's book that Gruen's book just paled by comparison. By the way Vanessa Woods' book is definitely adult only--in addition to lots of discussion of bonobos' unique love-making habits, there's lots of discussion about atrocities committed in the Congo. I think it was partly the contrast between the peaceful bonobos and the horrible Congo rebels and what they were doing to their countrymen that made Woods' book so compelling. <br /><br />I also just finished Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel, a YA novel. In this new book a teenage boy's family takes in an infant chimp to raise as a human baby in order to study language acquisition, set in 1973. It's heartbreaking, since you know there's not going to be a happy ending, but also couldn't put that one down. <br /><br />I think I was also disturbed by the reality TV angle in Gruen's book--just didn't work for me.Fourth Musketeerhttp://fourthmusketeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538201150899130130.post-69326497701431885132010-11-08T03:54:28.164-08:002010-11-08T03:54:28.164-08:00Glad u liked this one Tina. I thought it was prett...Glad u liked this one Tina. I thought it was pretty good as well.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.com