Yann Martel

Give me a break. Martel can, sometimes, choose good words and string them together pleasingly. And some ideas here are worth making a movie out of. But literature? No. Reminded me of nothing more than the Celestine Prophecy or Bridge of Birds, maybe. Or possibly Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

I will say that I like the first part, about Pi's childhood in the zoo, with the two Mr. Kumars and the the three holy men.

But that claim about Pi's story making me believe in God, what was that? I don't even see such an attempt, much less anything approaching success. The whole thing is way overlong and quite unTrue.

ETA: good discussion, w/ more of my thoughts (and with *spoilers*) here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18594445-life-of-pi---spoilers… (more)

Book 64
Life of Pi.
Diana Green could this be one of the answers?
Yann Martel.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book although I had to delve deeper after reading it to try to understand the philosophical/moral story behind it. After tying myself in knots as there are many interpretations with or without religion thrown in, we then watched the film. Again we enjoyed it but if I had to explain that the story can be interpreted either with or without the animals I am not sure I would do a good job. Take that aside 9.5/10.… (more)