Life of Pi

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Summary: great story of a boy against nature strengthened by faith
Review: excellent adventure that ties in survival instincts, unlikely bonds, and faith. started out a bit slow and finished on the top. a fantastic satisfying ending.

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Summary: Intriging and exciting book for all readers!
Review: As a reader of The life of Pi and a student attending LaLumiere, a private school in the North-West, I found this book to be very exciting in content and very detailed in story. This is my most favorite novel that I have ever read because it describes the life of Pi, a young boy who grows up trying to find himself in a world full of numerous religions. He explores several different religions and then combines them all into his beliefs to make up his own. Once he finds himself, his stamina, religion, and spirituality are put to the test when he becomes stranded out in the middle of the ocean with four animals, while his family and others are laid to rest upon the ocean floor with the sunken ship. One by one, each animal gets killed off by another until there is only Pi and Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger, left on the life raft. I cannot spoil the story about who dies next in the story, for you will have to read it yourself. Trust me, it is really a worthwhile experience to read through this book. And who knows? You may even find your own spiritual self within this novel.

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Summary: Life of Pi Summary
Review: Pi is made fun of in school for his real name Piscine Molitar Patel. His parents hate the new government that comes into power in India and decide to move to Canada. Pi's father is a zookeeper so he sells as many animals that he can and prepares to move the rest with them. On the trip the ship sinks and Pi is the only survivor on a life boat. He is stuck on the lifeboat with a hyena, tiger, zebra, and an orangutang. His chance for survival becomes slim yet he manages to pull through. I found the book to be surprisingly interesting and informative. It encourages faith and that theme is one that should be shared with everyone.

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Summary: Not too bad
Review: Life of Pi is very exciting. Yann Martel turns Pi into a great single-person character. The author puts a twist of creativity into a story that appears to be normal in the beginning. I recommend this novel to all teachers who are trying to find one for their class(es). This novel can be enjoyed by everybody all ages. It can also be enjoyed over and over only to realize that it gets better each time. This is a novel that cannot be passed up and I appreciate my teacher for making our english class read it.

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Summary: The True Meaning of Prusten
Review: Dear Reader, please permit me this brief comment. It is not often a character from a novel has the opportunity to address the general readership. The reason you should read this book is not because of its insights into the nature of animal behavior, the survival instinct, religion, storytelling and faith, but because it beautifully demonstrates our creaturely kinship. Shortly after the shipwreck, Pi notices I am snorting in a friendly way towards him, making "prusten" sounds. How could I harm the boy who saved my life? Further, I had no choice when we made landfall than to flee because the rules of our engagement immediately changed once the trial was over. Tigers have impeccable manners, and on that occasion discretion and a quick departure were in order. My gratitude to Pi (and Yann) is enormous. I am hoping, in my next incarnation, to be a Hindu zookeeper located far inland. But that will be another story . . . .

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Summary: Trully Inspiring
Review: I am student from a small private school in the middle of a small town. Our World Literature teacher assigned our the for reading. When I first started this book I thought it was going to be another school book, the boring type. Well as i go t more into the book it got better and better. I soon became in gulfed in this boy's life, more so then i thought i would. The book tells a trully inspiring story of a struggle between life and death. I recomend this book to all, no matter what age. I warn those weak in the stomach, that this may not be your kind of book. I hope you enjoy the book as much as i did.

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Summary: La Lu Student Review
Review: I had to read Life of Pi for my senior english class. I think that Life of Pi by Yann Martel is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. The begining is a little long but once Pi is on the life boat after the sinking of the Tsimtsum the action really picks up. You are presented wiht many different options about what is reality and what is hallucination. Pi's ordeal whether it was fiction or not is a crusade across the pacific ocean and a crusade inside himself. His depiration and his triumphs are what keeps the book moving.

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Summary: A different story
Review: I am a high school student and for our world literature class we were required to read the "Life of Pi". The novel by Yann Martel is different. It is a novel about religion, zoology and a boy named Pi, who survived seven month with a tiger on a lifeboat. Pi is different. He sees life different and practices in his young age three different religions. The novel teaches a different view on life in a colorful way. It is a story about survival and like this a story about everyone's life. Dealing with all of those very different topics, the novel still gives a clear picture, close to reality and the pictures come alive while reading the book. Not only the story is very different from every other book I have ever read, but also the end closes in an unusual way. The novel ends in a contradiction and leaves questions behind after closing the last page of the book. The questions are what make the novel leave an impression that stays. What first came to my mind after closing the book is, that it taught me things I maybe would have never learned without reading the book. And I am thankful for that. I recommend you to read the novel "Life of Pi" if you are open for something new, interesting and different.

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Summary: Good to the End
Review: As a Muslim I know my religion and a lot of Christianity too and I found the writer has gone to a great lenght to ensure the accuracy of the facts about Islam and Christianity.
It's hard actual to have some inter-faith talk like Pi encountered and I found it refreshing to read about what I as a Muslim perceive other religions and people from other faith perceive mine.
In Malaysia,faith and religion are very sensitive issue. We rarely talk about them openly thus preventing us from knowing and understanding each other. Life of Pi has deepened my belief and understanding

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Summary: My Review On Life Of Pi
Review: I had to read Life of Pi for my English class. I thought the book was kind of depressing and some parts of the book were way too detailed. The parts that were especially way too detailed were the killings of the animals, mentioning of urine one too many times, and Pi's telling of the story without the animals. I kind of liked the book before the sinking of the Tsimtsum occurred, but after the sinking it just got too depressing and disgusting.