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Review: ANT on 'Life of Pi'

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Title: Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martel

ISBN-10: 0857865536

ISBN-13: 978-0857865533

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Review:

Hello Earth! Ooh, my first contribution to the blog, how exciting, eh? I hope this is the first of many.

Anyway, I'll get right to the point. I was looking forward to watching the much-anticipated Life of Pi at the cinema (I have yet to watch it, but I've heard good things, anyone seen it?) so when my nan bought me the book for Christmas, I didn't hesitate to read it over the holidays.

In a nutshell, it's about a boy named Pi, who is left with a Bengal tiger in a lifeboat after the ship he and his family were travelling to Canada on, sinks. The story tells of his survival at sea.

The book is split up into three sections. In the first, Pi reminisces about his childhood, his life at his father's zoo in Pondicherry, and his relationship with religion. I'm assuming that Yann Martel knows a thing or two about zoology and animal behaviour because he writes a lot about it in this section...a lot. I get the impression that he, like most people, gets carried away with the things that he loves, and hence talks (or in this case, writes) about those things in grave detail. It's a good thing to be passionate enough about something to be able to write 100s of pages on it, but I didn't think that all of the animal knowledge was necessary for this fiction novel.

That said, it gives you a little more understanding of the main story (which is told in the second section) on Pi's survival at sea with Bengal tiger, Richard Parker. As well as this, Martel is clearly a smart guy and a great author, his writing is captivating and, overall, the book is extremely well-written. The words he wrote in the first pages were the kind of meaningful, deep stuff that gets you thinking about the meaning of life.

All in all, I liked it and would recommend it because it's thought-provoking in the beginning, and really a great read when you get into it. It's meaningful, happy, sad, gory...and everything more. Not to mention it has a clever twist in the final section, which I won't reveal. I'll just say...read it and find out for yourself!

ANT

What dya think? Comment below if you are considering it, or if you've already read it :)