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Life of Pi

Yann Martel

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May 16, 2007 Jessica rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: re-reads, kindle, book-club

I originally read this book in February 2006 and was annoyed that my book group - which usually makes interesting, nontraditional choices - voted this as its June 2012 book.

I remembered liking the story but being irritated with the ending. On re-read, it is indeed a very enjoyable and fast-paced tale about a boy trapped in a lifeboat with a tiger and how he learns to dominate the tiger in order to keep them both alive. And on re-read, the ending is still irritating, although maybe not as much o ...more

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Mar 27, 2008 Rae rated it it was amazing

Shelves: other-fiction

One of my all time favorite reads! I love the uplifting message about God and faith at the end. The son of a zookeeper is shipwrecked when his family decides to move their animals to Canada via a freighter. He finds himself in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in a 26-foot lifeboat. He is accompanied by a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan and a 450 pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. His harrowing account of survival follows. 2002 Booker Prize. Highly recommended.

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May 15, 2007 Renata rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, grownup

i found myself unable to suspend disbelief long enough to like this book. it has an interesting concept that just goes crazy, and its ideas are really... not that original.

WHY DOES EVERYONE LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH?

is it because people like tigers? i'm sure there are better books with tigers in them. ...more

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