Review: Hilarious and introspective
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
This book is absolutely hilarious.  I think I woke up my husband a few times laughing my ass off.  The descriptions of his fellow turtle rescuers is priceless.  They come from all over the world and he mainly refers to them by their country of origin.  And then there are the physical descriptions:"She seemed as miserable with herself as us three incomers, and her face was slightly reminiscent of Eduardo, the fetal pig I dissected in college lab."The description of one of his chores in the camp literally made tears roll down my face.  But aside from the humor, the author really examines this time period in young adulthood:"All of us at the rescue, whether we all knew it or not, were shells, skin puppets, waiting for something to crawl inside and animate us, and only now, with the example of the possessed French woman, did I realize that, all this time, the evil things had had as good a chance of finding the hollow as the good things."Very thought-provoking, excellently written.  He also provides a pretty good description of what I think life might be like in this part of the world.Many of my "reading wishes" were answered: excellent writing, fantastic descriptions of places I have never been to, humor and a deeper meaning.A short read and highly recommended.