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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.
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.loquaciousleon's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This book quite literally changed my life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail
blau_elmo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
This entire book is an allegory to the question of religion: does God exist?
The author, or rather, Pi, presents how in the case where there's no evidence to prove two possible stories, is it not more hopeful and positive to belief in the one with less morbid and gruesome details, given that it does not change the way we experience existence in the first place?
In the case that we are not interested in pursuing the truth, or when the truth does not matter, yes, his view is valid and I agree. But in the case of discussing existence, I feel like knowing the nature of the universe is important for our understanding of physics and philosophy itself, to solve actual, worldly problems. It is not just a matter of the soul, because the soul is not mutually exclusive from human experience, and consequently the studies of philosophy, the physical sciences etc. Empirical data means a lot, and to present this narrative of potentially muddling the truth is rather contentious in my opinion.
Nevertheless, the adventure Pi goes on is riveting, chock full of metaphors, allegories and hidden meanings that can only be uncovered upon closer analysis, or a second read.
The author, or rather, Pi, presents how in the case where there's no evidence to prove two possible stories, is it not more hopeful and positive to belief in the one with less morbid and gruesome details, given that it does not change the way we experience existence in the first place?
In the case that we are not interested in pursuing the truth, or when the truth does not matter, yes, his view is valid and I agree. But in the case of discussing existence, I feel like knowing the nature of the universe is important for our understanding of physics and philosophy itself, to solve actual, worldly problems. It is not just a matter of the soul, because the soul is not mutually exclusive from human experience, and consequently the studies of philosophy, the physical sciences etc. Empirical data means a lot, and to present this narrative of potentially muddling the truth is rather contentious in my opinion.
Nevertheless, the adventure Pi goes on is riveting, chock full of metaphors, allegories and hidden meanings that can only be uncovered upon closer analysis, or a second read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death
lillypowell's review against another edition
challenging
sad
slow-paced
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Death
jeremie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
stacy_85's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, and Gore
ballista_2003's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I just read a masterpiece. What an incredible introspective story! I took of half a star only because when I first picked this up the beginning is so long and bat sh*t crazy that I was like “what is going on why are we talking about this” for at least the first 40%.
Life of Pi is one of those books that you can envision an entire unit in an English class being focused on. The amount of complex symbolism and significance that is portrayed in a book I just assumed would be about a boy surviving on a boat with a tiger is astronomical. Yes, life of Pi is about survival, but it is also about the complex surrealism of storytelling, religious exploration/symbolism, adaptability, the challenges of life, the duality of nature and so so many more. You could take an entire college course only going into the nitty gritty details and symbols of this story and you still wouldn’t be able to wrap your head around all the complexities of this story.
Yes, the beginning was slow and I was honestly almost tempted to quit because it took 40-50% of the book to really get into the deep stuff, but the exposition is 100% necessary to get to know Pi before the ship sinking and to get your brain pondering Pi’s dilemmas/thought processes.
Overall I do not care what anyone says this book is a masterpiece and to anyone who can’t see that they need to come back and read this in 5 years when they’ve become wiser and are ready to let their imagination run during this story.
HUGE TWs for animal suffering, animal death, human suffering, and human death.
Life of Pi is one of those books that you can envision an entire unit in an English class being focused on. The amount of complex symbolism and significance that is portrayed in a book I just assumed would be about a boy surviving on a boat with a tiger is astronomical. Yes, life of Pi is about survival, but it is also about the complex surrealism of storytelling, religious exploration/symbolism, adaptability, the challenges of life, the duality of nature and so so many more. You could take an entire college course only going into the nitty gritty details and symbols of this story and you still wouldn’t be able to wrap your head around all the complexities of this story.
Yes, the beginning was slow and I was honestly almost tempted to quit because it took 40-50% of the book to really get into the deep stuff, but the exposition is 100% necessary to get to know Pi before the ship sinking and to get your brain pondering Pi’s dilemmas/thought processes.
Overall I do not care what anyone says this book is a masterpiece and to anyone who can’t see that they need to come back and read this in 5 years when they’ve become wiser and are ready to let their imagination run during this story.
HUGE TWs for animal suffering, animal death, human suffering, and human death.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death
miacorkum's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder
mapleleaf_rag's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder
paddy_chh's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This book describes every small thing Pi does on a day today basis in incredible detail so that if they had given me a description of everyday of that whole journey I would still be asking for more. The internal monologue of despair, hope, and determination set against the background of the desolate yet brimming with life ocean and a endearing portrayal of love for the thing that could kill you. This book stunned me. The long drawn out story contrasting with the fast emotionless telling of the ending made me stare at the ceiling for hours before I could fall asleep.
I will say make sure you read the content warnings before reading this book as it contains quite graphic descriptions.
I will say make sure you read the content warnings before reading this book as it contains quite graphic descriptions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Animal death, Murder, and Death