Life of Pi

I would not have finished thisbook if I had not been encouraged to do so by the rest of the group. Once you get past page 100 it is a totally enjoyable book.

I did not get this book at all. I didn't finish it either.

Loved it, still can't find God.

Some of my friends were bored by the tri-part religious exposition at the beginning. But I really loved it to bits. Once Pi sets sail, the pace settles in and we are treated to a wonderful - if highly improbable - voyage.

I loved the book, and thought it said more about one's decision to have faith - that, regardless of what one actually believes, believing SOMETHING (even if you choose to believe in nothing) is what's important. I wouldn't say you could "find God" in it either, though.

I enjoyed Life of Pi, finding it mostly entertaining. I did not, however, feel any enlightenment or revelations in it. I guess one can stretch to "find God", but there are many other books that take you there easily.

This was one of the groups early reads.
I really enjoyed it - most of us did -
so many questions left here for the reader.
One of the group thought it was about mental health...

A bit of a turn up for the books this one: a Booker Prize winner that actually deserved to win. Another very inventive and clever (in the best sense) novel. If you want a straight forward narrative told in a straight forward way, this might not be for you. But, should you wish to ignore the layering of ideas, there is some great story-telling included to draw you on. Mostly it’s a book to make you think: about God, about human nature, about how stories are told, about what a story can do and what it can’t, about narrative and truth, about allegory and actuality.

I'm inclined to agree with Tony ... but i still really enjoyed the book - perhaps because it kept making me think of Calvin and Hobbes

It starts wonderfully but just tails off. What the hell is all that stuff on the island about? The ending is crap too. I think he just got bored of it.