The first time I read this book I found the first 50-60 pages kind of dragged but once I got into the meat of the story I was so happy I stuck it out. This is a wonderful novel with a story unlike any I have read before. Yann Martel does a great job of describing the beauty in a bad situation and I loved how the ending was kind of ambiguous.

I have reread this book a few times and it is just as good the second or third time. Definitely worth a read.

Oh ok I promise to keep this review short (haha you know who you are)... great book! Good movie. Watch the movie and then read the book I recommend it. Very entertaining and I think the author is a creative genius.

I love reading that;s my favorite pass time..they;re is nothing like crawling in bed with a good book and a cup of coffee when you get home or on rainy days..I read mostly anything form fiction to documentaries

Fantastic read! I love this book so much. It's been several years since I read it, but I recently saw the movie adaptation and it brought back so many fond memories, I will definitely be re-reading this in the next little while! It's a breathtaking story about a boy trapped on a small lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with a tiger. I love the imagery and intensity of Martel's writing style, and the book will keep you interested the whole way through. I love the ambiguous ending to this...you get to decide if you believe the story or not, which to me, marks a phenomenal book.

I tried to read this book two times and kept putting it down after about 15 pages, until the third time I made it through the first boring bit to discover that this was a GEM of a novel!!! It really picks up about halfway through the book, culminating with an amazing ending. A must read!

Fantastic read ... If you have the imagination and keep your mind open to what happens in the story!! I personally loved this book and the way things don't end up the way you expect it to is always a real treat for me. I would highly recommend this book although would caution people that have to make sense of and rationalize a story - I promise it will all come together in the end :) Couldn't put it down and recommend it to everyone.

This is a great book, especially for the summer because you will want to just sit outside and read it all day. This is definitely a book you won't be able to put down and will leave you pondering. Great read! Since this book is a couple of years old you can find it at your local thrift store - I've seen a lot of them at goodwill, or buy it online used for a great price.

You've read the reviews, so you already know what this is about.
I'm adding one more recommendation!
I love this book!
I read it several years ago and couldn't put it down.
I've read it another couple of times since.
Such an amazing story!

I really enjoyed Life of Pi, though I can totally see why other reviewers thought otherwise. The entire novel is based on metaphor and story telling. If you are into books that really make you ponder and question when you are finished... this probably would be a good book for you.

Not meant for straight shooters who like a lot of action in novels. Yes... at times I did feel like it went a little too.. er -- slow. But I find with Life of Pi that if you approach it with an open mind, you may get more out of it then going into it with certain assumptions in mind.

I agree that it would make a great book club read. Lots to think about and different interpretations would be interesting to hear. They are making a movie out of Pi as well... so I would curious to see how the producers would play it out.

This book is a "thinker". Philosophy, metaphor, and all the other stuff you learned in 20th Century English Lit will be required prerequisites before you pick this book up. It's not a light read, because what you think is going on, is not.

Actually, this would make for a fabulous book club pick. A beach read? That would really depend. I personally liked it, but can certainly see why the previous reviewer did not.