Ape House
by Sara Gruen3/5 stars
Reviewer: Marina
Apes and monkeys are not exactly my thing, but then again
neither are circuses and Sara Gruen’s Water
for Elephants won me over so I finally gave her newest novel a try and
listened to Ape House on Audiobook. I
can’t say that I was as happy with this novel as I was with Water for Elephants, but it was
definitely still a good read (or listen) and worth a try if you’ve liked her
before.
Ape House starts with the story of John
Thigpen a struggling journalist doing an article on the Great Ape Language
Lab. In this lab, Isabelle Duncan
studies a family Bonobos (a specific type of great ape) and their language
acquisition skills and computer literacy.
Shortly after John leaves, the lab is bombed by eco-terrorists and
researcher Isabelle Duncan is seriously injured physically as well as
emotionally when the bonobos that are like family to her are taken away to an
undisclosed location for undisclosed purposes.
Thus ensues the hunt to find out what happened to the apes and how to
get them back. An interesting story that
at the very least will have you doing your own research on the interesting
bonobos.
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