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Life of Pi by Yann Martel Reviews
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The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?

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    Recommended? Fugheddaboutit!
    June 15, 2014

    I didn't like this book. I picked it up twice and set it down twice unfinished. The first part of the book was very confusing and boring and I personally hate books like that. Maybe I'll read it one day but I have plenty of others I wanna read more first

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    Anonymous
    August 12, 2013

    I found this book really boring. Except for some parts here and there I did not find it catchy. To start has an extremely long intro that could be reduce a lot and still say the same. I think the principal character is good and the story although hard to believe it is interesting, but the way it is written... too much description and unnecessary detail. If you want to know the story, just watch the movie and save yourself a lot of time!

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    Recommended? Fugheddaboutit!
    January 21, 2013

    Really wasnt all that impressed with this book. Had a hard time getting into the slow start as others have said but forced myself to finish it. Definitely need to look at it through a phillisophical view but just didnt like it.

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