A review by hkihm
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

4.0

this was a quick read, simple in its plot but I've kept thinking about it since I finished it. I was expecting something similar to "Life of Pi," particularly because the cover made the book seem like it was going to be happy and breezy. That said, I feel like the two books need to be taken together, that Beatrice and Virgil is almost a response to that book, about the use of animals instead of people as characters. In a sense, Beatrice and Virgil could be read as a critique of Life of Pi. This book is definitely much darker than Life of Pi. It raises a lot of questions and doesn't really resolve them. that said, I enjoyed it.