And then, my reaction was, ‘why did I not see this coming? I should have seen it coming.’ I thought the book, and in particular the ending, was very thought provoking. So if it was slow, why would I give it 5 stars? Because, I didn’t see the ending coming. You do have to finish this book to get the impact, and I agree that it got a little slow but after all, if you’re in a boat on the ocean, things are probably a bit slow. It was truly a love it, hate it book for my book club. Our book club had just started in July of 2005 and this was among our first books. LOVE IT: Reviewer A: I read this book for my face-to-face book club in April 2006. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. We have two contributors this month and their names will be revealed after voting closes! Please make sure to vote for this month’s book! The poll is at the bottom of this post. This month we will be discussing: Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Last month we discussed Atonement and an overwhelming number of you voted for either “love it” or “want to read it.” Many thanks to Nicole R for writing the hilarious “hate it” section for Atonement. Well, welcome to the Love it or Hate it post category! Each month, we’ll pick one book to review and two contributors will battle it out to convince you to pick it up or throw it out.

Instead people either seem to love it or hate it. Have you ever noticed how some books seem to drive a wedge between people? You check the reviews and find almost no middle-of-the-road ratings.

Life of pi paperback