What readers think of Life of Pi, plus links to write your own review.

Life of Pi was strange. I found myself going back and rereading sections because I couldn't beleive what I thought I had just read. Martel put so many twists that Pi is not a casual read. But the humor just under the surface make it that. I recommend it, it was very enjoyable.

I loved the beginning and the middle of this book. That is why the ending was such a disappointment. I didn't find his philosophy subtle enough. I like to ponder over a great book after I am done, and draw my own conclusions. I felt the ending robbed me of that opportunity by the author's intentions being too obvious. If only it didn't have that final chapter...

One of the best books ever! A must read! Good for all ages. Laughter, tears and survival... at it's highest and deepest moments. Sad, the book had to end :o(

As I began reading Life of Pi, I was utterly bored. I barely finished chapter 26 when I put the book down for three weeks. With about a month before school started up again, I picked the book up to finish the summer reading as I had not found any book notes on Life of Pi. I think I would have not read this book if it had not been assigned reading as I deter myself away from novels with some religious content. Although I did not enjoy this book, I am glad that I have read it because it was a change from reading the legal thrillers and murder mysteries that I have taken a liking to.
P.S. Chapter 97 is my favorite :)

this is what i have written for school.............
Pi Patel is 16 when his family decides to move from India to Canada. His father, a zookeeper, sells some of the animals, and the rest go with the family. Through out this entire novel Pi is experimenting how to best display his devotion to God, by practicing, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism.
When the ship they were aboard suddenly sinks along the way to Canda, Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena, and a Bengal tiger. Pi appears to be the only human survivor of this wreck. The hyena eats both the zebra and the orangutan, and the Bengal tiger finishes off the hyena. The only way Pi survives is by using his knowledge of animals, to show “Richard Parker” who is boss.
Throughout this ordeal in the lifeboat, Pi still prays to God, and while God is never a set character, it is obvious that He plays a big part in what happens to Pi. When Pi is finally rescued after surviving 200 plus days on a lifeboat on the Pacific, he is interviewed. The interviewers are closed-minded and can’t believe the animal version of the story. When Pi tells the more conventional story with humans, it is still evident that the certain “human” characters have similar personalities and seem to symbolize the animals Pi originally talked about. Whichever story is true it is still amazing to have survived so long, and this book is about Pi’s love of life, and Pi’s God.

i hated the book i read it and it took so long to read because it was so BORING. NEVER EVER read this book.

i loved the book so much! at first, like many, i didn't know what to make of it, and as a bit of an anti-religous person it seemed over-religous to me, but as soon as the second third started i got completely hooked and gobbled it up in know time, only to find that the somewhat dragging beginning was definitely necessary. i knew from the beginning that i was in for something big and that i had to get to the bottom of it. at the fantastic end i was absolutely perplexed and found the whole thing quite hard to digest, so i read about it on the internet a bit and this is what i make of it: this book is about the similarities and differences between humans and animals. it is about what it means to be alive, and further more, as a human being. we are after all just another living creature, just a very uniqe one. i think that's why in the center of the book stand zoology and religion-religion being one of the main things that set humans apart. the ending emphasizes this point, showing how the animals symbolize something in human nature. the ending didn't make me doubt much, it seemed to me pi was just trying to irritate the narrow-minded interviewers. but that probably was part of the point, concerning the opening of the novel. anyway, this is a fantastic book, about the love of life.

A great book because it explores the meaning of life, death, and what it feels like to be human. The first third of the book seems like it is going nowwhere until you realize that it was setting up Pi's character and world that he will soon leave behind....By the time he is stranded out at sea, we genuinely care for him and his ordeal and stay till the end to see if he will make it through his harrowing journey.....Amazing....