I started this book several times and put it aside within the first hundred pages before really getting into it. I knew that some of the disturbing things were going to happen, but I was surprised by other parts and in the end, found it engaging and well worth finishing.
Well, I think most people wonder what this book is actually about, and their curiosity brings them to open this book. It's actually pretty good-- despite the background information given in the first 100 pages.. This story wasn't very enjoyable either because out of all people, my French teacher had...
The story of an Indian boy who — after a shipwreck — survives for seven months in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger from his father’s zoo.Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher.This ...
Starts out fascinating and then develops into beyond reason until the meaning becomes clear at the end. I listened to this on audio and the reader does a good job. I wasn't crazy about this book but on the other hand I haven't forgotten it and for me that's something.I am upgrading my review from 2 ...
I couldn't help but pick this book up with an air of cynicism; it boldly claimed to change my view of God. Instead, it changed my perception of what a book is and can be (which to me is rather more significant!). I have no doubt it has entered a new frontier in fiction writing that will continually ...
It took me four years to finish this book. There, I said it. To be honest, I had picked up this book in my early days of sojourn into a then hateful but necessary habit of reading (I sucked at Her Majesty's language and I still marginally do); not to enjoy this book but to look cool owning it - long...
Not entirely sure what I thought about this one, other than that I'm glad it was over. Too long, rather meandering, and didn't deliver on enough of its premises.
* spoiler alert ** oh.my. god.this book is absolutely fantastic. Yann Martel's narrative about a boy stranded in the Pacific Ocean for almost a year with a Bengal Tiger is so profoundly moving. I reached the end of the book and I was shaking. Not even seeing the movie before reading the book ruined ...
Where do I begin with this one? I've been contemplating the book, the symbolism of the story, Martel’s writing, so on and so forth since I started the book. Here is the deal: I wanted to LOVE this book. I've heard numerous readers rave about the book (since finishing I've also found that not everyon...
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