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May 20, 2013GLNovak rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
My first thought after I finished this book was "what was this about?" We are introduced to a childless couple, then to an experimental primate lab worker, then to some chimpanzees, then to a single chimpanzee, then here then there. I got a little confused but kept reading. I got a little nauseated but kept reading. I got bewildered at the author's point of it all but kept reading. I think I persevered hoping that I would find the beginning, middle and end of the narrative - but that never happened. The narrative was quite flat, emotionless, and the story kind of petered out. What was it all about? Biography? Is man only a primate? Are chimpanzees the same as man? Is experimentation wrong/right? Is exotic animal adoption wrong/right? Does experimentation affect both subjects and scientists? Perhaps this is the objective - to make our minds fly out all over the place. I was left feeling something was definitely missing in the execution of this story.