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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
from Harvest Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A 21st century parable.
  Part One: a child/adolescent tries to sort out which religion is the "right" religion. By the end of Part One, Pi chooses them all.
  Part Two: an adolescent is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Interrogators are sent to determine the reason why the ship sunk. In their interview they listen to the entire story that Pi has presented in Part Two -- which sounds to them like a fantasy. So, Pi gives them another story which they believe. The interrogators never do pursue their original purpose: to determine... more info

• A story about choice, not faith
  Life of Pi has been widely lauded by prestigious professional reviewers, but has also garnered some impassioned criticism. Much of this criticism hinges on the idea that the book promotes irrationality; that it supports an anti-intellectual worldview of a mutable universe, ignoring the absolute existence of the world and suffering. Upon some reflection, I feel that this criticism is entirely unsupported. Certainly the main character, Pi Patel, is particularly religious (he in fact actively practices three... more info

• Good but not great
  Life of pi is a good book. It will keep you entertained even though I did get a bit irritated at Pi sometimes and even at the story... But overall it is good and Martel writes really well. Even if I can't say I'm a Pi-fan I would still recommend it to everyone because it is a good book.. just not great...

• Entertaining
  I tore through all 330 pages in just a few days. I was fascinated by the story. It was refreshing to read soemthing so different; I couldn't put it down.
  Martel really did a fabulous job with this book. He gives the reader vivid imagery without being wordy. He keeps things entertaining throughout!
  This book was a little outside my traditional reading genre, but I absolutely loved it.

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