A review by alidottie
Ape House by Sara Gruen

3.0

Sara Gruen did a lot of research about the bonobo apes and was able to write some passages based on her own firsthand experiences with them. Unfortunately, there is just not enough about the apes and too much story that wasn't developed enough. I felt like I knew more about John and Amanda's story but Isabel who is the scientist who worked with the bonobos most and her life and backstory were just a bit of frosting thrown in without depth. Then the myriad of other characters who had the potential to be interesting were not developed at all really. Could have been a lot better. Interesting ideas--just not developed.