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Life of Pi was about a young man who managed to survive a lot of tragedy which weathered not only his faith and belief but also his knowledge about life. Pi Patel, our protagonist, was a son of a zookeeper in India. Together with his family they are on their way to migrate to Canada but unluckily their ship sunk and took the life of all his love ones as well as their animals. He was wedged on a lifeboat together with a tiger, a hyena, a zebra, and an orangutan. The tiger soon diminished the othe
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I thought this book was very good. I've read many many "survival" books, but luckily this one was unique enough to warrant continuing it. I thought it was well written, and the character of Pi is very well developed, and interesting. I also learned a lot, which happens quite a bit when I read these types of books. One criticism that I did have though, was that I did not feel that the language was descriptive enough. I had a really hard time picturing a lot of the scenes, even though at times the
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A life-altering book...
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There's nothing more to say other than that this is an incredible book about a young man's survival after a shipwreck on a lifeboat with limited supplies - and a Royal Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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I've been at the struggling point of my life with religions, theism, and atheism. Reading this book has put me in the track where I can see more points and perspectives about those things Im struggling with.
Glad that the universe pushed me to read it - for the need of book's discussion by this weekend. I must say I had a hard time concentrating on the first few pages, I thought it was a bit boring but then I found what might caused such feeling; because I was reading two books at once, when anot ...more
Glad that the universe pushed me to read it - for the need of book's discussion by this weekend. I must say I had a hard time concentrating on the first few pages, I thought it was a bit boring but then I found what might caused such feeling; because I was reading two books at once, when anot ...more
