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If I ever have a tiger, I'm naming him Richard Parker.
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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.
This book is *not* what I was expecting at all. I gave it four stars because I did really like it, although parts of it were hard to read -- but I don't feel like I really "got it" either. So dreamy and strange! I realize, of course, that there is a connection between the different religions and the storytelling, but I feel like my experience of the book would be richer with re-reading and preferably discussion with other smart people.
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I've seriously tried to read this book about 5 times over the last few years. I even started an audio book of it and made it over halfway through. I just cannot get into it. And that takes a lot for me to stop a book midway through.
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Fascinating on interactions with animals, the survival of the spirit
Definitely underwhelmed after all the hype.
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