Reviews tagging 'Death'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

76 reviews

tetromino's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective slow-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? No

5.0

Perhaps my perspective would change, having read this book years ago but the 'boring' part in the beginning talking about the zoo is maybe my favorite part of the book. Something about it really stuck when I was like 14 or so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gore

Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism

emberysing's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Cannibalism and Religious bigotry

kylajaynebooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Excrement, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Cannibalism

gemmanation's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I thought Life of Pi was not all it was said to be. It was slow to start, and and continues slowly, and seemingly endlessly for most of the book. While the whole book had an undercurrent of surrealism, by far the most surreal part was <spoilers> the man-eating island near the end.  </spoilers> That was very odd, like the entire book, and I didn’t feel it added to the story. Life of Pi was not all bad however, there was humor scattered throughout it, which did make it far more enjoyable. One final note, watch out for the gory parts that can be found periodically throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore

alethiometer235's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Excrement

annavonwillingh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Death

Minor: Racism