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I'm devastated. I read this book in a single day. I was hooked by the story and loved the childlike wonder of the way Pi looked at the world prior to the ship sinking. And then with the ordeal that followed the book became something more. I was completely sold but started to lose my conviction when Richard Parker goes blind. The encounters that followed that point started to sour me on the story and then in the last 30 pages, even that was explained and to some degree explained.
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I loved the first third of this book. I loved Pi and his rambling thoughts about life, animals, religion, and experience. 5 stars up to that point. But after the shipwreck it drifted down to 3 stars, so I'll give it 4 overall. The lifeboat experiences became tedious, too many gory details, although perhaps it was intended to portray the monotony of endless days just trying to survive. This is not a fantasy novel. But it is not quite allegory either. It reminds me of a phrase we use at church aft
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So, I really hate to give only three stars to this. As a literary achievement it probably deserves more. But the enjoyment it gave me was at the three star level, so that’s the rating I have to give. The biggest problem with this novel is that it was a survival at sea story. I should have known better than to expect to love it. When all is said and done, survival at sea is a monotonous and boring affair. A tiger aboard the lifeboat spiced things up a bit, but in the end, it was a matter of routi
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