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Life of Pi

Yann Martel

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Feb 07, 2009 William rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

I've read this twice now. Despite knowing what happens, it was still a wonderfully enjoyable read, with lots of 'clues' that i didn't pick up on the first time staring me in the face second time round.

I think it's fascinating that the very people who, you would think, don't need a novel like this to confirm their imagination a ...more

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Feb 25, 2009 Jenny rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2009, staben-memorial-library

Ah . . . the pressure of BBC booklists. Actually, after 5 pages I was hooked.

Now that I've finished Life of Pi, I'm happy that I got such peer pressure. This tale (is it a metaphor or not?) works on so many levels and gve me much to think about. Piscine "Pi" Patel is not your typical kid even before he ends up on a life raft in the mddle of the ocean with a tiger named Richard Parker. He is fascinated with religion and ends up becoming a practicing Hindu, Christian, and Muslim all at the same ti ...more

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Nov 28, 2007 Jill rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I hesitated to read this for quite a while. It was sitting on my bookshelves, and I was down to the last few "to read" books...so I decided to give it a shot. Well, I'm really glad I did! This is mostly a survival story, however the whole story keeps you guessing as to what is really going on. The reader knows from the beginning that Pi survives, however I found myself wondering How the heck he did it all the way throughout! The underlying story of Pi's religious curiousity, which is I guess mos ...more

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Jan 16, 2010 Megan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literary-fiction

I think I would have liked this novel a little better if I casually stumbled upon it, but in my case, I think it was overly hyped. The first 1/3 of the book was pretty slow and took me a while to get through, but looking back on it, Pi's description of how he found religion (in many forms) was one of my favorite parts. Once he was lost at sea, the story certainly became interesting, but I didn't feel it was as amazing as others made it out to be. ...more

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Aug 14, 2007 Tiffany rated it it was amazing

An amazing story, beautifully told. I read the first few chapters in scattered moments throughout the week; when I sat down last night to read again, I couldn't seem to stop. I read until 3:30 this morning, and would have continued reading except the pages ran out. In the words of Pi, "It is the better story...and so it goes with God." ...more

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