This is one of my favorite books of all time. It comes with some great life lessons and I make sure to re-read it at least every couple of years

Years ago a friend told me that I 'really have to read this book!', but I never did. That is, until my son read it in the eighth grade and couldn't stop talking about it. He typically won't touch anything that isn't science fiction, so I figured it must have been a great book to get him so excited. I read it, and he was right, it is a awesome read.
It makes you think, it makes you feel, and it makes you uncomfortable at times. But it's always entertaining and I feel just a little smarter somehow for having read it! Highly recommended.

A very interesting book. This is the type of book that are for the people who want a book to ponder on. It's not just a straight up story and what you read is what you get. This book is one long metaphor and leaves a lot left to your interpretation. While the concept of the book requires a bit of personal insight the language and structure of the book are not difficult making the book easy to read and follow. It's a good book for book clubs because it brings up many points that can be discussed, since this book displays many facets to it's story it makes it easy to re-read to see the story in a new light.

i LOVE LOVE LOVEd this book! It's so psychological, and gross.
Life of Pi is a great way to immerse yourself into a journey of death, starvation, and learning how to survive in general. It's somewhat of an intense read, so not much of a summer book...However, it's GREAT for those lazy winter days when all you want to do is curl up by the fireplace and hate on tigers for a while.

I was tremendously disappointed with this book. Many people had recommended it to me, and it was a best seller so I thought it was a sure thing. I was wrong – I hated the whole thing.

Life of Pi tells the story of Pi, a young boy growing up in India – his father owns a zoo, so he grows up surrounded by wild animals. He is a smart boy, and feels very close to God – oddly, he chooses to be a practicing Catholic, Muslim and Hindu. Due to political turmoil in India at the time, the family decides to sell all of their animals and move to Canada. In a dramatic twist of events, the ship they are sailing on sinks, and Pi is left sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, an injured zebra and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The bulk of the book is the story of their amazing journey.

My problem with the story is that I felt very little happened. There were not a significant number of events, and I thought they story lacked momentum. I was sitting there waiting for something – ANYTHING – to happen. Upon finishing the book I spoke to the same people who had recommended it to me, asking them how they could have loved such a slow and boring book. It seems that there is a profound underlying meaning to the story (which I still don’t think is all that profound, but that’s just me) that went completely over my head. Apparently while I was busy waiting for something to happen, I was missing the significance of what WAS happening. Part of me wishes someone would have told me to pay attention that that before I had started reading. The other part thinks that if I didn’t get it on my own, perhaps the book just really wasn’t for me.

My profound disappointment with this book is based on going on with high hopes. I blame this on the people who recommended it to me, the fact that it is a best seller, and also the claim on the back of the book by one reviewer that said something like, this is a story to make you believe in God. In hindsight I should have known that that was too large of a claim – anything that makes such a lofty promise is bound to be a let down, and it was.

Although I had a bad experience with this book, I would still reccomened it to others. If you don’t like books that are uneventful then it is definitely not for you. However, I think that if you are able to connect with the story the way it seems many have, then you will truly enjoy it. Good luck to you!