Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

This is the book that Nancy chose for our next book club meeting. I read it when it was first out in paperback so maybe in 2003 sometime. I had forgotten a lot of the plot and all I could remember was that it ended up being Pi and the tiger, Richard Parker on the lifeboat.

I won't go into great detail on the plot just in case someone from book club actually reads my blog and hasn't finished it yet. But, basically Pi and his family are going from India to Canada along with several animals from their zoo on a large ship. The ship sinks and Pi is the only human survivor. He ends up on the lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, orangutan and a Bengal tiger. You can imagine what happens.

The writing style is easy to follow, but some people might find it hard to get going in the book. It was a quick read and interesting, but be prepared for some gory scenes and honest detail about how Pi survives for over 5 months at sea.

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