Life of Pi

The flap of the book didn't give me any more of the story than something like 'A boy. A tiger. The Pacific ocean.' So I'm not really sure what to put as the summary without ruining the author's intention. Don't be deceived though, the cover is what the book is about. A boy and a tiger living on a life boat together after their ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific ocean. This is half a survival story and half a vague parable.

The bad: When I'm talking about survival, I mean survival. Pi eats and drinks everything there is to drink while on the life-boat. Everything, which turns out to be pretty gross in many cases.

The good: There isn't anything really "good" about this book...

My view: The woman who recommended this book to me also recommended The Sparrow and The Book Thief, so I guess I'm going to have to give her 1 out of 3 (sorry, but I really loved The Sparrow!). I know that this book is suppose to be some mythical self-discovery book, but I didn't get it. Either I missed something (unlikely :-) or this is just another one of those pretentious books which say that they are deep and moving simply because they are hard to understand.