Life of Pi
by Yann Martel | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0156027321 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0156027321 Global Overview for this book
Registered by grubsneerg of Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA on 7/22/2009
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
1 journaler for this copy...
Received from a paperbackswap.com member in Texas, just in time for the worldwide readalong in August.
I finished reading this a couple of days ago, but I couldn't make a journal entry right away because I was still thinking, thinking, thinking. I can't say that I'm completely done thinking about the book, but my thoughts are, at least, in some sort of order now.
It took a long time for me to read this book. I kept picking it up and putting it down, allowing real life to get in the way of finishing it. Part of the reason, I think, was because of the threat of the deep messages I would encounter in its pages. In the first 45 pages alone, there were interesting thoughts put forth about zoos and religions and Pi's belief in the need for both because freedom doesn't mean you have no boundaries; it means you are safe in the life you have claimed for yourself. Eventually, though, I read just to read and enjoy, not to analyze. I believed Pi's story, and knowing everything about the story now that I'm at the end of it, I, like the officials from the Japanese Ministry of Transport, believe the tiger is the better story.
It took a long time for me to read this book. I kept picking it up and putting it down, allowing real life to get in the way of finishing it. Part of the reason, I think, was because of the threat of the deep messages I would encounter in its pages. In the first 45 pages alone, there were interesting thoughts put forth about zoos and religions and Pi's belief in the need for both because freedom doesn't mean you have no boundaries; it means you are safe in the life you have claimed for yourself. Eventually, though, I read just to read and enjoy, not to analyze. I believed Pi's story, and knowing everything about the story now that I'm at the end of it, I, like the officials from the Japanese Ministry of Transport, believe the tiger is the better story.
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Sending back to Texas at the request of a different paperbackswap.com member.
Congratulations--you caught a book!Welcome to BookCrossing.com, where we are trying to make the whole world a library!
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Take your time reading the book, and after you finish, please make another journal entry to record your thoughts about it. This book is now yours, and you can keep it if you choose, though we would love for you to share it. If you pass it along, please make a release note to let others know where you left it.
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