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Life of Pi
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Sift a pinch of psychology with a scant tablespoon of theology, add one part Island of the Blue Dolphin with two parts philosophy, mix with a pastry blender or the back of a fork until crumbly but not dry and there you have Pi and his lame-o, cheesed out, boat ride to enlightenment.
Actually I liked the beginning of this book- loved Pi's decleration and re-naming of himself, his adding religions like daisy's to a chain, and was really diggin on the family as a whole and then....then, then, then the tarpaulin.
I did learn some things though, I learned that:
a). cookies work wonders in assuaging heated arguments.
b). Tiger turds do NOT taste good, no mater how hungry you are and hold absolutely no nutritional value (actualy this might apply only to turds obtained from tigers that have been floating on rafts for several weeks/months? I think I'll apply it as a general rule).
I wanted to like this book more - I loved the cover and then there's that little golden seal that keeps going psst, psst, you don't get it - it's waaaay deep, you missed the whole point. But I think no, I got the point, like a 2 by 4 to the forehead I got the dang point!
What I lack in spelling, this author lacks in subtlty. I felt like the ending was a study guide/cliff notes pamphlet/wikepedia entry all in one.
I love Pi in the first 3rd, I understand the merits of Pi in the raft (just not my thing), but pi in the last bit - ugh, ugh,ugh! I'm chocking on the authors shoving of moral down my throat - help! help! I can't breath.......
2 stars for the beginning, negative 3 stars for the ending, add something (or subtract to make it equal a positive - ????) and there you have my 2 starred LIfe of Pi review.
Actually I liked the beginning of this book- loved Pi's decleration and re-naming of himself, his adding religions like daisy's to a chain, and was really diggin on the family as a whole and then....then, then, then the tarpaulin.
I did learn some things though, I learned that:
a). cookies work wonders in assuaging heated arguments.
b). Tiger turds do NOT taste good, no mater how hungry you are and hold absolutely no nutritional value (actualy this might apply only to turds obtained from tigers that have been floating on rafts for several weeks/months? I think I'll apply it as a general rule).
I wanted to like this book more - I loved the cover and then there's that little golden seal that keeps going psst, psst, you don't get it - it's waaaay deep, you missed the whole point. But I think no, I got the point, like a 2 by 4 to the forehead I got the dang point!
What I lack in spelling, this author lacks in subtlty. I felt like the ending was a study guide/cliff notes pamphlet/wikepedia entry all in one.
I love Pi in the first 3rd, I understand the merits of Pi in the raft (just not my thing), but pi in the last bit - ugh, ugh,ugh! I'm chocking on the authors shoving of moral down my throat - help! help! I can't breath.......
2 stars for the beginning, negative 3 stars for the ending, add something (or subtract to make it equal a positive - ????) and there you have my 2 starred LIfe of Pi review.
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![Nancy Vincent](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1203818125p1/102385.jpg)
I have an interpretation that few others do, but I won't ruin it for you.
But I think Martel is a genius. I also especially liked the short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios.
![Gabe](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1423286659p1/188711.jpg)
I think I may be with Nancy on the interpretation, but I feel as though I could use to read it again before I commit.
As for why men liked it? Beats me, I'm a guy and I liked it, but I couldn't tell you what appealed to my manliness. Except the sort of philosophical 'coming of age' for a boy. Oh, and then there's that tiger, maybe that had something to do with it.
![Gabe](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1423286659p1/188711.jpg)
Reading ahead? Scanning? Reading chapter titles? (as multiple HP friends did after buying midnight copies and right before crashing [lame.:])
These are all practices which I avoid like the plague. I wish to have the story revealed to me one word at a time, in the order presented, and without knowing that there's a chapter called "The White Tomb" at the end. Eff that! No mid-read spoilers for me.
And as for people who skip to the last page? Well, I'll stop here, before I say bad words...
![Malbadeen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1499750198p1/128745.jpg)
p.s. I admit I have skipped to the last page of a book or two as well. They were so crappy, I knew I wasn't going to finish them so I figured, why not right?
![C.](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1621683273p1/36341.jpg)
"Cheesed out boat-ride to enlightenment" might be a shelf of its own and describe a large number of books I hate . . .
![Paul Bryant](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1224113172p1/416390.jpg)
![Leslie](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1197909787p1/681805.jpg)
![Sarah](https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_25x33-d79c46f9428d2aea1444d67c091766a6.png)
![Pam](https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_25x33-d79c46f9428d2aea1444d67c091766a6.png)
![smetchie](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1421558039p1/187563.jpg)
![Victoria](https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_25x33-d79c46f9428d2aea1444d67c091766a6.png)
![Annie](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1288274576p1/4473363.jpg)
![Nikita Satapathy](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1699071871p1/6883160.jpg)
![Franky](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1312356219p1/2534471.jpg)
![Mary Fly](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1344472401p1/11689108.jpg)
![Malbadeen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1499750198p1/128745.jpg)
I don't want to sound like a bitch and it doesn't bother me one wit if people strongly disagree with my view so I frequently up the insult been given me and respond from that perspective. On another day I might tell you that my "simple mind" appreciates your suggestion to re-read the book again and perhaps even invite you to show me how to do this "using my brain" thing that you mentioned.
But I don't have it in me today. Today I'm just kind of bored of it - ? or - I don't know. I just don't care.
So Mary, sorry if you think my simple mind can't wrap itself around what you enjoyed and sorry that you've had to bump into so many other people that also don't get the point. And sorry that I subjected you to my opinion via this public forum. But I still don't like the book and I'm so okay with that, that I will never actually re-read it and I will likely forget all about this book and your distaste of me, until someone else brings it up again, starting....right....now.
![Rachel](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1640924615p1/5817622.jpg)
![Janice](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1342714072p1/4683216.jpg)
![Sarah](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1546353263p1/6925487.jpg)
![Amy](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1431574341p1/12443064.jpg)
![Malbadeen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1499750198p1/128745.jpg)
Please accept my apologies for DARING to CRITICIZE, MOCK, and MAKE FUN OF this AWESOME BOOK. Clearly I did not give the boys "journey in a giant plant-island" where he lives with meerkats the credit it deserves.
I hope the situation can be rectified by my sincerest agreement to never "READ THIS" book again. and to get back to my the "petty reads I like" ASAP.
Hope all is forgiven and best wishes for a happy New Year,
Malbadeen
![Jason](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1651861607p1/4426615.jpg)
Because random people everywhere are crying, you see.
![Aryn](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1560285805p1/6415628.jpg)
Also, why is it that people get their panties all twisted over social media book reviews?
![Jason](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1651861607p1/4426615.jpg)
I hate the new iTunes.
![Jason](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1651861607p1/4426615.jpg)
1st World problems.
![Sarah](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1703783901p1/193255.jpg)
Second, I don't understand this compulsion to berate a reviewer for not liking a book, no matter how much I might love that book. Different people like different things, and I don't know why it needs to be taken so personally. And sometimes, an open and respectful discourse about the book can lead to appreciating it in a new way (my review on Atonement is a perfect example - the book went from two stars to four). And while I might be sad that someone doesn't like something I loved, in no way do I think that makes the person stupid or amoral (unless the thing you don't like is musicals. Because then you're just a moron).
Third, If you didn't like this book you must not like tigers. Tiger hater! Michelle is my favorite.
![Sarah](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1703783901p1/193255.jpg)
![Malbadeen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1499750198p1/128745.jpg)
-a dry sandwhich ordered for lunch.
-underwear that were too tight or too high waisted.
-another scratch on my car.
-a rude comment made by a sales assistant somewhere.
-seeing another starbucks pop up next to a good coffee shop.
-an idiotic thing my ex-husband said or did.
-not being able to find a matching sock for work.
-an irritating classmate.
-the weather.
-the temperature.
-the decore.
-the music.
-your mom.
![Sarah](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1358712819p1/8035193.jpg)
-a dry sandwhich ordered for lunch.
-underwear that were too tight or too hig..."
♥♥♥
That's the best "your mom" joke I've heard from you in a while.
![Sarah](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1358712819p1/8035193.jpg)
This made me laugh so hard I had a hacking cough fit.
(I have the flu.)
![Sarah](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1703783901p1/193255.jpg)
![Amy](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1431574341p1/12443064.jpg)
There will always be someone who doesn't agree with you, and a lot of the time that person will be me!
-Amy Awesome