This version of the book has been reviewed in German(3), English(5271), Spanish(3), French(1), Indonesian(3), Portuguese(1) by readers.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-27 20:27:34.
(Language: English)
 
This book claims it can make you believe in God. Though I don't think that will ultimately happen, it will change you. It sure comes close to making its mark. However, this isn't a spiritual book. It isn't really religious but it is a story about a boy living through the most amazing survival story ever. The boy is lost at see for months and his only companion is a tiger. Brilliantly told. Thrilling suspense and creative plot. One of the best books I've ever read! 
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Ruta posted a review at 2009-11-27 05:16:49.
(Language: English)
A great book exploring the concept of reality and the horizons of human mind unleashing themselves in the vastness of solitute. This novel does not provide you with nice and neat answers easy to swallow but makes you think and choose your own truth, your own story. An incredible read.
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Thomas posted a review at 2009-11-26 06:10:35.
(Language: English)
It's remarkable that I've managed to read two stories of survival at sea within the same week not knowing what the subject matter of either one is. Life of Pi is my second attempt at reading Martel and I cannot express how different of a read it is from my first experience. Interestingly, Martel himself distances himself from his first novel but associates himself deeply with this one. I like them both - on grounds very different from each other, but still... one can't help but wonder. This is a story that comes with a preamble that does not set up the rest of the story, but sets up our understanding of the main character. When he survives seven months at sea in circumstances more dire than any other story written, expressed or imagined I've so far heard, we are made to believe him, unlike the investigators that question him. Whether his story is a story, or truth itself does not matter much. Whether this story makes us believe in God as the author was assured by his storyteller that it would... also does not matter (to some extent). It is a wonder because it works as well as a document as it does as a story. And it's a wonder, either way. I was happy to read this story and it made me optimistic about something unnameable. And it's always good when a labourer skilled at his trade can still be amazed by something he cannot figure out many years into his practice and smiles about it... ;)
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Mike posted a review at 2009-11-25 13:44:38.
(Language: English)
If you like the films of M Night Shyalmanalamanananam, you'd probably dig this.
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Laura posted a review at 2009-11-25 01:14:32.
(Language: English)
Really interesting and a very trippy story. A must read.
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Rachel posted a review at 2009-11-23 22:41:36.
(Language: English)
I made it all the way to chapter 33, which sounds like a lot, but not if you'd tried to read this book. I had such a hard time following the book. Supposedly, my friends, who kept reading said that I stopped reading just as it was starting to get good. I did not like this book at all.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-21 22:43:02.
(Language: English)
I don't see how the book can make someone believe in God - a moving and entertaining story none the less.
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Martin posted a review at 2009-11-21 22:01:58.
(Language: English)
I liked this book a lot. I mainly picked it up, after reading the jacket at the library, to see how the author could write a story involving all the disparate elements that seemed to be involved. He did it very well in terms of the story itself as well as the writing style. At one point it seemed as if it was heading, stylistically towards Gabriel García Márquez but it never maintained that direction, instead going it's own way. The ending was good and unexpected and the book reads very well and quickly.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-20 15:52:48.
(Language: English)
I was told this book would was about religion. I think it was hardly about religion, but it was entertaining none the less.
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