A review by julis
Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick

medium-paced

3.0

I was kind of hoping this would have more about the sanctuary, how they managed the elephants, how they came up with the milk substitutes, etc etc, all of the nitty gritty logistics nonsense. There ARE cute animal stories but a significant chunk is her personal drama, which I mean, I guess it is a memoir, that’s allowed.

Would be a 4/5 except that she is, INCREDIBLY PREDICTABLY, racist and colonialist so you know. Not quite as bad as Mr The Aztecs Deserved Colonization but in that ballpark.