ballista_2003's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Life of Pi is one of those books that you can envision an entire unit in an English class being focused on. The amount of complex symbolism and significance that is portrayed in a book I just assumed would be about a boy surviving on a boat with a tiger is astronomical. Yes, life of Pi is about survival, but it is also about the complex surrealism of storytelling, religious exploration/symbolism, adaptability, the challenges of life, the duality of nature and so so many more. You could take an entire college course only going into the nitty gritty details and symbols of this story and you still wouldn’t be able to wrap your head around all the complexities of this story.
Yes, the beginning was slow and I was honestly almost tempted to quit because it took 40-50% of the book to really get into the deep stuff, but the exposition is 100% necessary to get to know Pi before the ship sinking and to get your brain pondering Pi’s dilemmas/thought processes.
Overall I do not care what anyone says this book is a masterpiece and to anyone who can’t see that they need to come back and read this in 5 years when they’ve become wiser and are ready to let their imagination run during this story.
HUGE TWs for animal suffering, animal death, human suffering, and human death.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death
miacorkum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder
mapleleaf_rag's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder
paddy_chh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I will say make sure you read the content warnings before reading this book as it contains quite graphic descriptions.
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Animal death, Murder, and Death
millyfox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Child death
josefineisreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts
pabi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Excrement, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
debosmitathereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Death
Moderate: Murder and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit
wet_towlette's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence
ninahuynh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Blood