Book Review: Beneath the Surface
Hey guys! Today I'll be writing a book review of a book I read in August. (This is also my first book review and I'm pretty excited to finally be writing this!) The book I want to tell you all about is Beneath the Surface by John Hargrove. The author, John Hargrove, is a former SeaWorld orca trainer. A few months ago, I watched the documentary Blackfish , which talks about the treatment and lives of the whales at SeaWorld, and all of the dangerous incidents that happened with the whales leading up to the death of trainer Dawn Brancheau. John Hargrove is one of the trainers who spoke in the film about what really happens at SeaWorld. What I particularly enjoyed about this book is that the author never verbally attacked SeaWorld, he simply told the facts of what he experienced while working there. While he talks about why whales should not be in captivity and how SeaWorld isn't taking as good of care of these whales as they'd like us to believe, ...