One boy, one boat, one tiger…
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a 16-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan – and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
Slow Start, Great Ending! The first part of this book was a little difficult to get through. I will admit that at several points I was checking to see how far into the book I was and hoping it would just finish already. However, that’s not to say that there were not several points which made me smile. I unquestionably enjoyed this author’s writing style. I am not a religious person, however, I did find Pi’s religious activities very enduring and thoroughly enjoyed reading about them. Once Pi and Richard Parker were on…
Life of Pi – a review of the book ONLY for people who have read it This is a thrilling adventure story that has made me laugh and weep. In this review I plan to talk about the wonderful, exciting story in its entirety. It’s better not to read it if you want to maintain a sense of surprise which Yann Martel, amazingly, continues to do in his story. So please, stop now if you have not read this book.
Not (only) a tale about a boy in a boat with a tiger. When I came to the part in the book where Pi is a boat with a tiger and realized that still had many pages ahead, I thought: âwell, this is going to be a boring kid in a boring boat with a boring tiger until he is either rescued or deathâ. I couldnât have been more wrong. To say that this novel tells the story of a boy in a boat with a tiger reduces into a lame survival plot all the effort the author makes for this book to convey a great deal of wisdom to the reader.