Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

37 reviews

sonlight21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.5

This book was very interesting. I enjoyed the beginning but the farther I got the darker and more gruesome it went. I can understand how this reflects the descent of the mind as a survivor stranded on the ocean will do anything just to live but it was very hard to read. The end is very disturbing and I skimmed over most of the second story Pi tells. 

It is truly an interesting book but please be aware of the content warnings and go in expecting some weird, challenging and dark things. 

Another note is I did not enjoy or appreciate how this book portrayed religion or Christianity. It seems to be written by someone who has studied religion form the outside but never been apart of it and does not understand it nor believe in God.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Dysphoria, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

theseasoul's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense fast-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

5.0

|| 5 ⭐️ ||

I’d heard of this book many times. People having read it in school and such. I didn’t know anything about the book prior to reading it, except that it probably involved a boat and a tiger. I saw it at a thrift store and figured I might as well give it a read, just to get it over with. I was expecting to rate it no more than 3 stars.

Nobody told me it was such a stellar book. What the heck.

The first part of the book intrigued me with its intellectual, philosophical and religious ponderings, even though as a Christian, most of the religious conclusions made by the main character saddened me. I enjoyed being immersed in the Indian culture here as well—it felt natural and wasn’t being shoved down my throat like many other books that explore different cultures. I appreciated Pi’s knowledge of and respect for animals, and felt like I learned a lot (even if some of it didn’t line up all the way with reality).

The shipwreck was the real start of not being able to put the book down. I had to know what happened next; whether Pi survived, how long he survived for, what he did to survive, how he overcame challenges… chapter after chapter. I didn’t find a single chapter tedious or boring. Even “tedious” is what you’d expect from a boy sitting in a lifeboat by himself in the middle of the ocean for 277 days. Pi and the tiger weren’t truly the only beings in the lifeboat… I was there too. It was such an immersive story.

This book is a masterpiece.

|| Content warnings to protect your heart ||

Parts of this book are very disturbing. Animal abuse/death/mutilation can get pretty graphic. Cannibalism too. Descriptions of and interactions with feces and bodily fluids (animal and human) are not held back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Vomit and Gore

amavi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I was expecting more. I was struggling while reading this, I have a vivid imagination and this book has so much violence, blood, death and so many disgusting details that were very hard to get through. The ending is what saves this book for me, it left room for further thinking and reflecting. I like his view of religion. I didn't like the writing. Overall it was an solid read, I enjoyed more the ideas I got from this book and the themes, would love to discuss that with someone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Vomit

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Excrement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

duvet's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Animal cruelty

roelw's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

sternchenauge's review against another edition

2.0

I enjoyed parts of this book and some parts even made me chuckle. But overall it was way to gory and graphic for, making me feel nauseous multiple times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Excrement, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Blood, and Gore

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

plumquin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, Vomit, Violence, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Excrement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

rld1727's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gore

Minor: Vomit