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A review by sufyazi
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4.0
A book honestly was read because I wanted to appreciate the writing prior to watching the film. And how thoroughly forced into a vividly imaginative ride I was.
I must say this book doesn't really amaze me, especially after I reached the ending. But I found myself longing for some sort of closure; the same feeling Pi felt when Peter Parker had left him without saying goodbyes, (though the most conceivable farewell gesture a tiger can do is just nothing. It is only a tiger)
I guess this is the thing that put the religious/theological introduction in the novel in context. That after having put us in an arduous journey with Pi, after the highly vivid images of Pi's suffering as a 277-day castaway, we found ourselves questioning everything we believed up till we reach the ending; the ending most people found very underwhelming and anti-climactic.
Which I think is a nice final touch by Martel to make us the readers choose either to take that leap of faith, and see Pi as a human stripped down to its bare carnal instinct to survive, or to stay inside our present belief system, and see everything from a kaleidoscopic alteration of Pi's painful memory.
Beautiful read (though languish) indeed.
I must say this book doesn't really amaze me, especially after I reached the ending. But I found myself longing for some sort of closure; the same feeling Pi felt when Peter Parker had left him without saying goodbyes, (though the most conceivable farewell gesture a tiger can do is just nothing. It is only a tiger)
I guess this is the thing that put the religious/theological introduction in the novel in context. That after having put us in an arduous journey with Pi, after the highly vivid images of Pi's suffering as a 277-day castaway, we found ourselves questioning everything we believed up till we reach the ending; the ending most people found very underwhelming and anti-climactic.
Which I think is a nice final touch by Martel to make us the readers choose either to take that leap of faith, and see Pi as a human stripped down to its bare carnal instinct to survive, or to stay inside our present belief system, and see everything from a kaleidoscopic alteration of Pi's painful memory.
Beautiful read (though languish) indeed.