"The Life of Pi" Book Review

It took me a little more than 3 weeks to finish "The Life of Pi". I would give this book two stars. Keep reading to find out why. :)

"The Life of Pi" is about the life of Pi Patel. (Hints the title "The Life of Pi") Although you get an overview of Pi's entire life, the book is mainly focus on Pi's survival on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.

When I first started reading this book, I didn't think it would be very realistic. I mean who can say they were stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger? Other than that, the book is very realistic. I think this hurts the quality of the book in a way because nothing keeps you on the edge of your seat. For example; Pi talks about the sharks that are always swimming around the lifeboat, but they never attack. Realistically, sharks don't usually attacked humans or boats unless threatened. I was excepting the sharks to maybe bite off a piece of the lifeboat, but they were harmless the whole book.

Overall, I thought the book was very boring. Honestly, I struggled to get through it. Most of the book contained LONG paragraphs because there was no dialogue. (Pi was the only human on the lifeboat)

I would not recommend this book to people who get bored with books easily. Unless you are expecting to get stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, (the book is a good survival manual) I would not read this book.