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Summary: Great bookclub book!
Review: Our bookclub cannot stop talking about this book! By far this book has been the most interesting we have dicussed. My highest recommendations for this one!
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Summary: So Thought Provoking!
Review: I just finished this magnificent book and I simply cannot stop thinking about it. The author's ability to convey Pi's depth of suffering is masterful. I felt as if I was on the boat with him! The story left me emotionally drained yet thoroughly satisfied. The descriptions of the animals, their behaviors and interactions with Pi were detailed and horrific. The gruesome parts were upsetting and haunting, but I believe, critical to the story. So much symbolism. Patel's ending make the reader an active part of this story by forcing us to draw upon our personal beliefs and faith to render our own conclusion. Thank you and BRAVO!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a masterful novel. Martel's witty writing captures the reader's attention after the first chapter. Pi's journey across the ocean opens everyone eyes to the struggles man can endure and overcome. Pi's journey and struggles make you believe in a higher power. Pi over came all of his hardship's thru faith. I would recommend this book to anyone who would enjoy an in lighting read.
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Summary: Yeah!
Review: If you had fifteen dollars to spend and were torn between Life of Pi and, say, Mary-Kate and Ashley: Our Story, this one would probably be your best bet.Sorry, I just wanted to lengthen up my review a bit. Read it. Now. It's good, I promise.
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Summary: Fear, "life's only true opponent"
Review: This is the story of Pi Patel, son of an Indian zookeeper, aspiring adept of Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, and immigrant to Canada whose journey takes a fantastic and tortuous detour when he falls victim to a shipwreck and survives 227 days aboard a small lifeboat in the Pacific with only a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker for company. It is a story of the human spirit, the will to survive and the presence of God. Martel tells it with humour and wit, brutal honesty and an economy of words that makes it impossible to put down. You will laugh, you will be terrified - you will say, "Ah, I see!". I recommend this book.
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Summary: A Book on Faith
Review: If you've read any of the other review you probably have an idea what the plot of this book is what I want to comment on is the books meaning. Throughout the story one central question seems to continually reappear. The question is which story do you believe? The creative wild story told in detail or the fathomable reasonable story told in short. Those who believe in the less likely story may represent those who have faith, who are able to believe in something even if there is no concreate evidence that Pi was stranded with a Bengal Tiger. Those who believe in the second story may represent the agnostics who Pi says he cannot stand because to the end they never have the guts to take a leap of faith and belive the unimaginable.
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Summary: Absolutely the best book of 2002.
Review: Simply put, if you do not believe in a higher power, this story will make you believe. Even though Pi experiences the most incredible of circumstances, he remains faithful and that faith, as well as respect for his traveling companion, helps him survive. The lessons written here are applicable to anyone's life as a human being. The first quarter of the book is a bit slow with a lot of setting up of the story. If you can make it through, you will come to read a truly inspirational and touching story. This is easily one of the best books I have ever read.
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Summary: Lion Taming 101
Review: This is the story of a 16-year-old Indian boy named Piscine Patel who, while boating from India to Canada, shipwrecks and climbed aboard a lifeboat with a Zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and Richard Parker, an adult Bengal Tiger!!!! This is the story of how he got there to begin with and his struggle to survive. This is a fantastic read. It is a lot like "Castaway" with Tom Hanks except this primarily takes place in a lifeboat and not an island. There is also a lot of similarities with "Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway. Unlike Hemingway, Yann Martel actually makes this story involving, reflective, and interesting. Yes, Martel beats Hemingway!!!! Like "Old Man" and "Castaway", this is a story of survival. You see the difficulties and hardships that Piscine has to survive in order to see his adventure to the end. His biggest enemies: fear, lack of water, lack of food, carnivores (not just animal ones, either), loneliness, and a slowly loosening sense of sanity. His biggest ally: God!!! I loved this book and would recommend it for anybody looking for something interesting, fun, different, and/or insightful. Yann Martel creates a wonderful character in Piscine. He is philosophical and witty throughout the entire book. It is fun to think, "What would I do in his shoes?" This is a great book for readers of all ages!!! I would highly recommend picking up this book.
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Summary: A clever and extraordinary story. One of the best!
Review: Initially I was a little skeptical about plot of this book but I decided to give it a try since it receives so many good reviews. Boy, I am thankful that I gave it a chance. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel deals with Pi, a sixteen years old boy from India who was stranded on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), an orang utan by the name of Orange Juice, a 450 pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The beginning of the book dealt with the early childhood of Pi, the son of a zookeeper and who was a believer in Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. Soon, due to hardship, the family decided to migrate to Canada. On the way to Canada, the ship they were boarding sank, and suddenly Pi found himself thrown into a lifeboat in the middle of nowhere, with all those animals. Soon, Pi realized that the how grave his situation was; he was lost, and worst still with a 450 pound tiger as his companion. The rest of the book dealt mostly with Pi's situation, how he kept himself alive - both from the lack of food and water, and from Richard Parker. This book is truly amazing. It is eye-opening to see what a boy can do to survive. I have never read anything as clever and mesmerizing as this. This is definitely NOT your typical fiction. The characters are lovable and personalities of the animals (particularly Richard Parker) are just fascinating. There are many hilarious moments in this book. For instance, I love the explanation of how a Bengal tiger was named "Richard Parker" or when Pi's family became aware of Pi's three religions. I highly recommend this book as it is one of those rare books that you will always remember reading and wish the story never ends.
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Summary: Poignant
Review: Tori Allen, California:
This is by far one of the most amazing books to read. I found myself caught up in the pages, reeling between that of fantasy and real life events. This book teaches so many lessons and is done so in a way to capture even the reader that dislikes having to read. It is spellbinding. Just Wonderful work. Also recommending: Nightmares Echo, The Lonely Hunter,She's Come Undone,Three Junes,Secret Life Of Bees
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