BOOK REVIEW | LIFE OF PI BY YANN MARTEL

Title: Life of Pi
Author: Yann Martel
First published: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 460
Rating: 2/5

"Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker."

I bought this book when the movie came out in 2012. A very impulsive buy because I never wanted to read it. Now the fruitmachine finally told me it was time to read this book and as I expected it did not live up to my expectations.

The book is divided in three parts, part one I found especially very boring. Part two got more exciting but as we got further in to part two it went a little boring as well. I really liked part three, but this was only around 30ish pages short. 

I think that for me it got so boring that Pi was on the lifeboat for 227 days. If it was a lot shorter I think it would have been way more exciting, now it just felt like it had to be very comprehensive. 

I know a lot of people absolutely adore this book but it was not put away for me, unfortunately. 

BOOK DISCUSSION | PICKING YOUR NEXT READ

Hi!

Since I am the reader that I am, I always have a pile of books that are 'To Be Read' in my room. This pile is most of the times around fifteen books. I buy some, then I read some, then I buy some etcetera.  Since there are loads of book on this pile it is hard for me to pick my next read.

I have some books that I already own for a longer time on my TBR, but since I also order new releases, and new books, it is hard to pick. That is why I decided that I wouldn't decide what I would read next, I would let a 'name picker' do it.

I decided to do this, because if I wouldn't, I would never pick up a book like 'Life of Pi', which has been on my TBR for four years. Recently it was picked by the 'name picker' or fruitmachine as it is called on the interwebs, and so I finally read it.

I think a fruitmachine is a very fun way to pick your next read. This way there is a possibility that you also have to read the books that aren't as high on your TBR as others. Unless you cheat of course.


I am very curious how you pick your next read? Do you just pick whatever flows your boat, do you let other people choose for you or?.. Let me know!