Life of Pi

An intriguing book that can be interpreted in several ways. It describes Pi's (Piscine Molitar Patel) amazing journey onboard a lifeboat following a shipwreck. It prompts some deep thought about the merits of religion, science and zoos!
Pi was a great main character and his enthusiasm (and determination) for life is joyous. Some of the book is graphic and brutal in its description and as such I would say this is a little beyond the scope of the 10/11 year olds that I teach.
I would thoroughly recommend it for older readers.

I adored this book as a child, but returning as an adult I was bored by swathes of it. For example, I had to make an effort to see the purpose in the zoological descriptions of sloths or other animals at the beginning of the book.

life of adverture around world expolring with tigar

You should really read read this book because Yann Martel has a very nice imagination. He adds in very funny details like a fruit that has a tooth in its middle! Very funny, isn't it? Pi lived in India and he decided to move to Canada! Pi goes aboard a ship called the"Tsimsum". But disaster strikes! The ship is sinking and everybody is drowning!!! Pi gets on the lifeboat and floats into The Pacific Ocean. You have to read more to find out because this is all that I am going to tell you about the fantastic story that lies ahead!

The group had difficulty rating this book and all had mixed views.

Some comments in include:

"Tedious in the extreme."
"Too much graphic detail." ('Gory' etc.)
"Unbelievable fairy story"
But also "Extremely well-written, allegorical, 'mind over matter' - and above all 'faith will get us through, with fascinating insights into three cultures/religions."

It's a really good book and it tells a really good story of a boy becoming friends with a wild adult tiger

Its fantastic

It is a brilliant and we'll told story

Great!

It's a really good book and it tells a really good story of a boy becoming friends with a wild adult tiger.

It was sad,adventerous and unbelievable

really adventureous

An excellent read if you enjoy very descriptive prose. The story progresses very slowly but the beauty is in the vivid and explicit dissection of every little part of the canvas. The relationship of a young boy with a tiger in a lifeboat is amazing. My favourite part is the Meercat overrun cannibal island!
If you enjoy fast moving stories this might not suit you but it is worth the effort as it is a great entrancing adventure story which describes how the most dreadful situation may be overcome; it was very uplifting.