Author:
Benjamin Mee
Stars:
1
Review by: Mandy Apgar
Firstly, anyone expecting a situation anything like the film do
not bother. Writer and psychologist / amateur animal behavior therapist
Benjamin Mee lives with his wife and two young children in France's wine
country when he gets word that his parents are going to sell their
large home in an exclusive London suburb. Relocating the family to
England, they decide to invest their collective savings in an area zoo
and begin the process of rehabilitation. Doing most of the work
themselves, the Mees cope with the loss of Benjamin's wife and periodic
animal escapes (a jaguar, tiger, etc.) after which they open the zoo to
great acclaim. Hosting none of the film's bratty son backstory, subplots
with sick animals or the tacked on romantic interest, the book is
simply Mee and his story. Which in itself is great, however; if the
events of the film were improbable, the book was still downright dull.
Events are drawn out for too long and with a very small book with large
print it is too often sidetracked and loses its charm.
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