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Life of Pi
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel Life

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What Members Thought

JanB
Aug 07, 2007 rated it it was ok
The ending was memorable but it was too bad I had to wade through some boring reading to get to it. It was one of those books I was glad I read in the end, thus the 2 stars.
Chris Blocker
Nov 11, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: booker
The story in Life of Pi describes the book itself. It is the impossible tale of a boy, trapped on a lifeboat alone with a 450-pound tiger for 227 days. It is a story that, like the ocean waves, has its ups and downs. Just when it seems like you’ll never reach dry land, you do. And when you look back on this book, much like being adrift at sea, the ordeal blurs together into one journey that has a clear beginning and ending, but no clear middle. And that ending—boy, it’s a day you’ll never forget ...more
Becca
Mar 18, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, ya
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Meg - A Bookish Affair
This is a story about a boy that will keep you guessing until the end if the story is just a metaphor or if this amazing story really happened to the boy. It's very philosophical. ...more
Susanne
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Sharon
Nov 28, 2007 rated it it was ok
Kathleen
Jan 17, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Andrea Kemper
Feb 18, 2008 rated it really liked it
Sarah
Aug 09, 2008 rated it liked it
eHawk
Aug 28, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Laura
Aug 11, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Nascha
Aug 20, 2009 marked it as to-read
Wendy
Apr 11, 2010 rated it really liked it
Stefanie
May 02, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Patrick
Sep 21, 2010 marked it as to-read
Maggie
Apr 03, 2011 rated it really liked it
Stacey
Aug 21, 2012 rated it really liked it
Jim Townsend
Nov 23, 2012 rated it really liked it
Christina
Apr 17, 2013 marked it as to-read
Karigan
Jan 24, 2014 rated it liked it
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Paula S
Feb 10, 2014 rated it really liked it
J. Schlenker
Mar 29, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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