Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

65 reviews

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

jeanne05's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

pabi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Excrement, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

debosmitathereader's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

wet_towlette's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I thought I knew what was goes on and then the book ended and I feel kinda stupid. It was really good though     .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Vomit

sglance9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cannibalism, Excrement, and Death of parent

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

karyleighjoy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Animal death

ricksilva's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

To introduce ("in-character") a tale as "a story that will make you believe in God" is some pretty ambitious expectation-setting, and I probably shouldn't have been surprised when Life of Pi fell short of those expectations. 

The story, centered around a boy trapped on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger that was part of a shipment of zoo animals being transported to North America from India, works best in its humorous moments. The background of the main character, who embraced multiple religions growing up, is engaging and entertaining. 

The survival-story that makes up the bulk of the book is intended to be primarily symbolic, but is reasonably engaging as survival stories go, with the interactions between human and tiger the most interesting aspect. The ending is dragged out, and then given an alternative narrative to end on an ambiguous note leaving the reader to decide which is the "better story", but while it made a certain logical sense, I didn't find it all that satisfying a conclusion. 

This was an entertaining read, but didn't live up to the hype of either the story's setup or it's popularity.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Cannibalism

lilyemmaaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism, Blood, War, and Vomit