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Life of Pi was good in the second half

Plot Synopsis:

Religion
Religion
Multiple Religions
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Tiger on boat, oh shit.

>>506235

The book as a whole is an analogy for religious belief.

True, the whole island part was badass though, great thought provoking concept in an otherwise moderately dull book. Made the read bearable. You know the island I'm talking about.

>>506244

I disagree the rest of the book was dull. At least from my point of view. Pi hardly had a mundane family and upbringing, and surviving more than a year out at sea with a bengal tiger is pretty damn captivating.

good god i loved this book, still have it.
yeah, the start was interesting becuase i'm interested in religion and i think pi's take on it ("i just want to love God") is quite touching, if not a little naive. I also agree that the best parts are in the boat, and that the ending was quite a twist - i wasn't expecting a twist from such a straight forward tale.

>>506243
You do realise this was a biography of a real person, not a discourse on religion?
Pi certainly had some cool notions, but the book isn't an analogy; it's a factual story.

>>506248
I'm sure the first half before the whole tiger incident would have been better with discussion, but I found it a little slow at first.
And I withdraw my previous statement, the second half was not nearly as dull as I made it out to be. I was just saying that the island was my favorite part and made the book relatively dull. The point is that I would like to read an entire book about that island.

>>506263

>>506263

>You do realise this was a biography of a real person

No it's not.

>>506263
I think it's actually a fictional story told by a factual character.

There was a kid who told this story IRL, and then they made this book out of that story.

>>506259
Yeah, that twist was a Fight Club level twist when i first read it.

>>506280

Not really. The book was "inspired" by one of the authors childhood friends who visited India alot.

>Yeah, that twist was a Fight Club level twist when i first read it.

It's still left ambiguous whether the chef really did cannibalize his mother and the tiger was the manifestation of Pi's desire to kill him. The way he presents his story to the two Japanese shipping investigators is meant to keep you guessing.

>ITT: You admit to buying or reading a book soley on its cover.

Pic related. Both were pretty good reads.

It's still left ambiguous whether the chef really did cannibalize his mother and the tiger was the manifestation of Pi's desire to kill him.

I wanted to find out what the cover represented.

>>507726

So you stopped reading after the first 5 pages?

>>507730

No, jackass. I read what became one of my favourite short science fiction stories about humanities relationship with the unknown.

>>507749

Easy, tiger.

I love the covers of mass market paperbacks. They're delightfully cheesy most of the time.

>>506766
almost raged

7/10

well done

I went to Barnes and Noble just to browse back on Sunday, and in the "New in Fiction" section, this title caught me off-guard. I read the summary and the back, and bought it on a whim, and I'm loving it so far. Sure, parts of it are a little lame at times, but for it being the author's first published book, I find it pretty enjoyable.

I read it because I had 5 or 6 respected friends on different occasions tell me it was good. I also bought it for my kindle so there was no cover involved.

>>507783
I used to follow that guy's podcast (well, his and two other guys, all mormons).

>>507821

You should check out the book if you haven't already. I just read reviews on Amazon that he already has the second sequel to it out in England, so I might just get it from the Amazon U.K. just because I'm interested to see where the story goes from there.

>>507831
I've also frequently run into the books by another Mormon who did those podcasts, Brandon Sanderson, and the guy's even grown to do the last Wheel of Time novel. The way I got into the podcast? The last Mormon, the author and artist of Schlock Mercenary, a webcomic I really can't bring myself to read anymore. Weird, how the world works.