Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

7 reviews

askurm0m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I really liked it. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I never wanted to put it down. Pretty slow in the beginning so you kind of have to bear with it but, it’s crucial background and character building. It is essential to the book. I really enjoyed it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Confinement, Vomit, Child death, and Cannibalism

Less about the tiger, more about surviving at sea (valid).

millyfox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Child death

josefineisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I mean I’m glad I read it. As another reviewer said it was like an info dump, an absolute overload of information. The plot moved along slowly that I really had to force myself to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

gear3232's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This book is the best I’ve read in a long time. I love this survival type of book and how it gave us such a loveable main character

the end of this book is a work of art and I loved it. It made me rethink so many things and it’s made the book very memorable. I still can’t decide what I really believe happened. The author gave us a story that seems like it should be straightforward and he turned it into something complex that makes you really dig deep. What do I believe happened? What would I do if I was Pi? How reliable is Pi as a storyteller?

. So , yes, the book is as great as people say it is and it is 100% worth reading!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gore

abbruzzese's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare."

i get it. i understand it now, the hype around this book, the reason it's touched the shelves of white women in book clubs everywhere, why it's shown up on every list of "100 books to read before you die" i've ever looked at.

the writing was high-quality. the plot was enthralling. the philosophical and religious bits were so beautifully communicated that, not only did i not mind reading them, i actually enjoyed them. before i started reading, i was worried i'd grow bored of reading about a monotonous struggle, but this wasn't the case at all; the story is structured in such a way that the events of pi's journey are, yes, told in regards to particular days, but also largely in chapters that focus on types of events or certain themes, rather than repetitive day-by-day recaps. this book has my most favourite element of any kind of story: a character facing the most bleak and unlikely odds of survival, yet doing so with grit and determination and an unrelenting refusal to die. call me old fashioned, but a human hellbent on surviving is my favourite kind of human.

i have nothing but praise of the highest order for this book. i can't even express in words how moved i am by it, how grateful i am that i decided to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Excrement, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

the middle of chapter 99 has graphic descriptions of death, violence, blood, cannibalism, murder, and death. skipping that part does not (in my opinion) affect your experience or understanding of the story.

antoinettem04's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Vomit, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse