Life of Pi

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amity75
I recently read "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel and thought it was the most enlightening book I have ever read. Since, though, I've heard lots of negative reviews about it. Anyone agree with my opinion?

badkittykitty
sounds really awesome...I lifted this from amazon...

Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"wink. It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion."

An award winner in Canada, Life of Pi, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U.S. At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, "My greatest wish--other than salvation--was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One that I could read again and again, with new eyes and fresh understanding each time." It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike Life of Pi is such a book. --Brad Thomas Parsons --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

amity75
I agree completely. This is the most amazing book I have ever read. Everyone should give it a go and their lives will be rewarded for it.

cermiestar
i read it.....it was alright, i wouldn't say it wa a life changing experiance though.

badkittykitty
I read a book called 'conversations with god' that book was life changing for me

Crash_Overload
NEGATIVE REVIEWS!?!?!? All they can talk about Up here (Quebec) Is how Life Of PI IS Freacking great!!!! (I Love That Book)

Which story do you think is true? The One With The Animals? Or The Other One.?

amity75
Hmmmm.... I hope the animal story is the true one but it's more realistic that the other one is true. The only thing I couldnt understand was the bit about the island that was sort of alive.

Crash_Overload
THAt was the coolest part! I just don't understand this part: He used An padle to ancer the boat to the island, yet the island turns acidic, but why didn't the padle burn off? the peice of string was burnt off afterwards when he tried to bring a peice of it back.

Phoenix
I just read this for the Sixth Form Book Club - weird and slightly disturbing with the 'non-animal' story he told them at the end, but I definitely liked it. I wouldn't buy it or read it again though.

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