Review: Eye opening
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2012
I found this book heartbreaking with the deep despair that the author wrote the animals having. Especially in the beginning with the rabbit Toby. I found myself crying outloud as I pictured a tortured rabbit with tubes coming out of its body huddled in the back of a cage. Her begging the little girl that had cared and loved her until the little girl's father heartlessly began experimental testing on it. The rabbits little voice and begging broke my heart. Several other times when I the animals in this story found their voice I wiped falling tears from my eyes. That alone I felt this story deserved a high rating.I however, found the human characters two dimensional and and awkward in their communicating with each other. There is very little detail about their thoughts and feelings. But I began to see that there was very detailed feelings and descriptions in the animals and their surroundings, so I got the feeling that the author wanted the story's primary focus on the animals and their plight not the human characters.Overall a touching and thoughtful book that makes you see animals in a different light.