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Summary: Couldn't wait to finish
Review: I found this book boring. Im sorry. Yann Martel fills the book with lists of stuff instead of just writing. A third of the way through the book, I found myself hoping that it would end quickly. I know this is not a popular view of this book, but its the truth. I dont see how everyone thinks that there was some sorta incitefull meaning. I really didn't get anything from this book. The only entertaining part of this whole book was the floating island and the translation of the Japanese conversation at the end of the book.
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Summary: Boat, Boy, Tiger, and adventure
Review: I read Life of Pi in my college english class and found it to be a rather interesting as well as a great piece of work. Life of Pi can best be described as a book dealing with change and how as individuals, we deal with change- although in many cases we try to think that we're in total control of the situation, yet we're not. Along with young Pi on a life boat is Richard Parker, a tiger... yes a tiger- after a while you will find yourself believing that Richard Parker is human and you fall in love with him.
This novel is more than a book about a boy and a tiger. There are deep roots of religion, changes, fables, and the overall sense of "what is the truth" mixed within this novel. You can't just read it once either!
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Summary: Thought-provoking and educational
Review: I found and read this book before the current frenzy caught on and loved it! I've been giving it to friends to read and have heard nothing but positive reviews. I found it to be a testament to Acceptance and it paints a beautiful picture of someone in tune with their Spiritual side. I often wonder if the things that took place in this book could ever really happen? I was also very interested in the subject's view on animal behavior, both in the wild and in captivity. I'd definitely recommend Life of Pi to anyone interested in spirituality, adventure stories, or just plain good writing.
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Summary: A parable for the 21st century
Review: What is belief? Can simply believing a story make it in some sense true? Is believing in love fundamentally different than believing in God? In fellow humans? Are people and animals different in their essential needs? In their desires? Are zoos morally defensible? Can one be a true, faithful adherent to multiple religions? These are some of the questions that get tossed around in this fable.Two quotes seem best to summarize what was for me the most enchanting theme of this book: Some people "lack imagination and miss the better story." And second: "If you stumble at mere believibility, what are you living for?" This is one of the best books I've read in ages because it deals with one of my favorite obsessions -- the nature of belief -- without being at all preachy about it. Is it a story good enough to make you belief in God, as the old man in the opening pages of the book claims? I'm not sure. Part of me says, "Oh, come on. It's just a novel. An invention. A story." And yet to hold firmly to that very reasonable notion is not to have really read and understood the book at all.
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Summary: Amazing Journey
Review: This is one of the better books I have read. It takes you on a spiritual journey and lets you freely question your own religion. You might be offended by some of the comments the author makes about Christianity, Muslims etc. but I think that is the whole beauty of it.
The story of Pi is Amazing and unbelievable. A young man whose family was leaving their home in search for a better life is stranded in a life boat with very interesting companions.
I absolutely loved the ending of this book, it made me look at the whole book and story from a totally different perspective.
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Summary: Highlighting the power of allegory
Review: Widely hyped as a book that will cause you to believe in God, "The Life of Pi" perhaps is better described as causing a belief in allegory. On the surface, the novel covers the story of Pi (ironic choice to name a devoutly religious character after a mathematical number once considered heretical), a boy whose belief in multiple religions causes consternation to both religious leaders and his family. During the family's move to North America, Pi's ocean liner sinks, and he is forced onto the lifeboat with a tiger, a jackal and a zebra. The book is the story of his survival, and eventual landing in America. The book manages several dichotomies. It is religeous, but agnostic. It balances humor with sadness, a believability with fancy, and ultimately fact and allegory. The story forces some thoughts about the meaning of religion, and importance and allegory. (I hate coming back to that word, but it's the only one that will do) At times I felt as a reader that I was being spoon fed pop-psychology about spirituality being good, and organized religeon being hard-headed. At other times, I struggled with the deeper meaning in the book. In the end, I'm not sure I "got it all" but I got enough to consider the read well worth the time. Even with it's imperfections, it's a book that can change the reader.
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Summary: Stupid Story
Review: I found this tale to be an interesting and believable tale, up to about 3/4th of the way thru the book. Then it became unbelievable, and quite frankly, stupid. The ending was particularly poor.
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Summary: Not as deep as the ocean but thought-provoking nonetheless
Review: I found the book to be an ode to survival in all its forms which is often and necessarily fraught with grisliness and gore. To endure the psychological devastation alone inspired awe. To endure the physical torments which is beyond even the imagining of most was nothing less than heroic. Pi is drawn as a very likable person who makes strong arguments for the captivity of animals in zoos. He is a vegetarian because his family follows the vegetarian tradition of Hinduism. Also, he has devoted himself to three divergent religions which I particularly liked about him. Is Pi's story compelling enough to change people's opinions of zoology, not eating meat, or the existence of God? Probably not, but if nothing else, it adds depth to the consideration of these issues.
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Summary: Inspiring and Dazzling!
Review: I found this book at borders one day and read the summary of it. Yes, it was hilarious at some part of the story and sooner it came into a more serious plot. The story is so intense that it like a survival of the fittest, except add a ocean and the boat and the tiger. What grab me was the Tiger, I love tigers, they dumbfound me. You need to read the book all the way to the end, if you don't, then your missing out. The end is a really twisted something.
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Summary: Nice Story but Overrated
Review: This book is a nice fiction story of a boy who is castaway with some Zoo animals. Interesting point of view on Zoo animals and how animals and Humans can learn to live with each other. However, I did not find it motivating at all. Will not help you if you are trying to find something which shakes you up and forces you to think about life.
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