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Life of Pi

Yann Martel

Start date: May 1, 2017

Finish date: May 31, 2017

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

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What Members Thought

Jan 05, 2013 Kathleen rated it really liked it

Shelves: utgc-book-club, man-booker-prize

Living through a ship wreck on a lifeboat populated with wild animals seems to me to be a very unlikely circumstance. But what a great read because that doesn't matter in the least. After all, a story with animals makes the better story. ...more

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Jun 07, 2009 Karen rated it did not like it

Shelves: audiobooks-listened-to, read-in-2013, gave-up-on

I listened to this book and still did not care enough about the plot or the characters to finish. I am genuinely at a loss to understand why people made such a fuss about this one. I can see how it would have made an amazing movie though.

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