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Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

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read in February 2017

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Daphne said: " Re-read: September 2020
This was just as good - if not better - than I remember it. Since the last time I read this my tastes have changed a lot, so I actually really enjoyed part 1 despite hating it the first time I read this. A lot of this book is a Re-read: September 2020
This was just as good - if not better - than I remember it. Since the last time I read this my tastes have changed a lot, so I actually really enjoyed part 1 despite hating it the first time I read this. A lot of this book is about the mundane, but I never felt bored. A lot of the writing is to-the-point, but there were also so pretty/lyrical passages, especially when Pi got philosophical. It was also really interesting to read this book knowing the ending, (view spoiler)

This is probably one of my favorite books (though admittedly, I have a lot of those...) It's also reminded me that I've never read anything else by Yann Martel. I'll definitely re-read this again at some point and hopefully by then I'll have read at least one other book by the author.

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I'm really surprised I gave this book 5 stars. For the longest time I thought I was going to give it 1 or 2 stars. I found the beginning extremely boring, and if I hadn't been reading this for my Book Club I probably would have DNFed it. After having read the entire book, I can appreciate the beginning, and I see why it was necessary. If we weren't forced to read the long, drawn out introduction, we wouldn't have really seen just how much Pi changed during his trip.

The ending is what really made me give Life of Pi 5 stars. I was so shocked at the ending! It changes how I view the entire book! I'm not sure I know which ending I prefer, but I love how the ending is so ambiguous.

My favorite part of this book was definitely the section on the island. I couldn't put the book down, and even though I don't know if such an island is possible, I felt like it could almost be real.

Life of Pi is such an emotional book. I was tearing up so often! The beginning of part 2 killed me, and I was an emotional wreck by the end. After I finished, I couldn't stop thinking about it. This is one of those books that you finish and then immediately want to re-read. I probably won't get around to re-reading this anytime soon, but I really hope I get around to it eventually. I think I'll get so much more out of the story now that I know how it ends.

Also, if anyone hasn't seen the movie adaptation yet, watch it. It's one of the most beautiful films I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. ...more "

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― Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms

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“They say of me: ‘That is Hercule Poirot!—The great—the unique!—There was never anyone like him, there never will be!’ Eh bien—I am satisfied. I ask no more. I am modest.”
― Agatha Christie, Peril at End House

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“Remember what I told you about need versus want? We don't need you because that implies you had to fix something in us. We were never broken. We want you, Wallace. Every piece. Every part. Because we're family. Can you see the difference?”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

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“We are expected to take life seriously, yet life rarely takes us seriously. Therefore, we ought to laugh at every moment lest we allow life to take the final laugh.”
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