Reviews tagging 'Death'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

74 reviews

kendal_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Grief

kanjichris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

schrödinger's cat

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Violence

ez2amuz's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Loved it until the last 20 minutes when it just shattered. It just became sad and real and gross and disturbing after being so exciting and mostly hopeful. I understand why it went through way it did but it was such a a crash after such a surprisingly (to me) great story.

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Content Warnings

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

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

The audiobook did not help me get past the religious overtones and graphic animal harm. When you are not bored and being preached at you are being slapped in the face with some cruelty towards animals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Animal death, Excrement, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Religious bigotry

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

I tried so hard and yet I longed for the tiger to eat Pi's face so the misery would end. This book is wildly not for me. I cannot stand the animal violence and casual cruelty. I found the religious overtones frustrating. This is a book that was not meant for me and spent way too many years on my TBR.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

Minor: Religious bigotry

pichine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

emmiemopho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Finally had the time to read this book. It is a good read and one that ends in question. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Murder, Grief, Excrement, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Torture, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Gore

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).

the_silliest_goose's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Death, Animal death, Murder, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty

kathrun006's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is an allegory for trauma and spirituality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Medical content, and Excrement

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

This book deals with the extreme situation of being lost at sea for several months and everything that goes along with it. For the majority of the book, the main character is sevearly dehydrated. This is a book about trauma and survival and spirituality/religion.