A novel. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2002.
Winner of my heart! (I’m now feeling ashamed that I did not read it much earlier.)
Anyone who likes reading and lives the life of a passionate bookworm, please crawl into this one at the earliest! And it will crawl into your heart as effortlessly as Richard Parker twitches his ears! π
Life of Pi has been a book I’ve been wanting to read for as long as I can remember…but somehow, never got my hands on it. Until recently, I went to Crossword with a friend who insisted I read it — and actually bought it for me!
The day I opened it, it gripped me. I sacrificed breakfast, lunch, dinner and sleep so that I could feast myself on Pi’s interesting life. And after the first two pages, I realised with shock that Pi was the name of the protagonist, a little boy; and not the name of the tiger on the book cover (“inspired by Calvin & Hobbes, perhaps, but on a more serious note”, I’d always thought!) π π π
I’m generally a very fast reader…and usually complete a 300 page book in less than 5 hours (yes, if I start on a book, I always sacrifice on food and sleep π π …can never keep one down till I’m done with it). But with this book, I couldn’t bring myself to ‘want to finish’ it…in fact, the fact that the book would soon get over made me paranoid! I took 4 long days to finish it…calling up / messaging my friend now and then to say “This book is amazing…love it…” and the like!
Yesterday, I completed it. I was sad. I was thrilled. I was grateful. I was elated. I was angry. I was furious. I was in awe. I was stupefied. I was amazed. I was repentant. I was extremely thankful..and indebted.
I was sad the book was over; thrilled that I finally managed to get it and grateful to my friend for giving it to me; elated that Pi survived; angry and furious at 2 characters for not trusting Pi; stupefied at the realisation of what ‘life’ can turn one into; amazed that Pi could live through all of that; repentant to all my friends for not listening to them earlier and reading this long back; thankful to my dad for instilling reading habit in me…and highly indebted to Yann Martel for writing this book.
Oh, all you people! You just have to read this book. No other book has moved me the way this one has (the only other one I still vividly remember is The Da Vinci Code, but that was more of a stupefying effect than such a turmoil of emotions!) I still haven’t recovered from the exhilaration of Pi’s experiences, which one would automatically experience too. I still can feel Richard Parker, can still see his muscular body, shining coat and prusten π I wish I could meet him (though it wouldn’t affect him in the slightest manner; that much is evident in the way he walks off as the story reaches an end)…I cant imagine any other living being to be as amazing as him any more! π
Oh…I wish my brain (I do have a small one, how ever idle it may be π ) would soon wash out all memories of this book so I can read it all over again!
Life of Pi…awwwwwh! I loved it…and forever will be in awe of Yann’s penmanship!
Ohhh its a very good book review. I’m inspired to read it. π
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Amazing review! Straight from the heart…! I am glad you loved the book!! I’ve got a few more suggestions for you and the next time we meet, I’ll have a bunch of good books for you that I want you to read! Ok, I’m not a sadist and I don’t want you to starve yourself to death reading all the books! Keep munching some junk food while you read! π
Richard Parker Rocks! π
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Man!!! When will I read this book? My list is never-ending now π¦
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Am sure going to try.. Recently i read, “Gypsy masala”, initially i didnt like it much but as it goes on further it gets better. But its not one of the best.
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the da vinci code had me engrossed for one whole day .. didnt sacrifice food .. but yeah, did compromise on sleep !!! π
Lookin fwd to readin this book, sounds interesting.. π
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That book seems really interesting… π I am curious!! π
*KISS*
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oh… now i want it to read it too..
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any ebooks available.. π¦ ..
and i remeber only 3-4 books for whihc i skip[ped my food and sleep
da vinci code ,angels and demons.,.and master of the game….
and yeha even chromosomes by robin book π
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hi Priya,
Iam visiting your blog for the 1st time. I assume you are an avid book reader. Gr8 to meet one such :). Regarding this book, this post had instigated me to read the book.,. Hope to do it soon. And about the emotions play, i dont know if you had read a book names “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper lee. If you have, iam surprised that it didnt find a mention in the books which touched you. If you havent, it will make a good reading.,.
Good to have come across this blog. Would be revisiting.,.
Cheers !!
Prashant
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Your blog has been felicitated here π
Cheers!
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@ Reema
Thanks a lot! Do read it…you wont be disappointed!!
@Nikhil
Thanks da…shall wait for our next meeting (with a lot of junk food stowed away)
and yeah, Richard Parker rocks!!! yey !!! π
@Nova
Update you list right away…put this as No. 1 ! π
@Sakhi
‘Gypsy Masala’ sounds interesting…lemme see if i can get it π
@Anu
Yea…Da Vinci Code was something!!! Try this one…you might not sacrifice sleep either, but your dreams will sure be amidst waves and Richard Parker π π π
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@smallstar
satisfy your curiosity! grab th book! read it! π π π
@Arvind
I have the ebook…in case you havent already got it, shall mail it tu yu π
@Prashant
Welcome to AlphabetWorld π Thanks…books and music are my life…i’d be lost without them π
Havent read ‘To kill a mocking bird’ yet…will surely try and get it! Keep visiting…i’m adding you to my blogroll…shall visit yours right after i hit the ‘send’ button π
@Nikhil
Thanks a lot! I’m honoured to have found a place among that 8! yey!! π Ty Ty Ty !!!
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So you are Priya people keep talking about. BAH. ANd you didn’t leave your blog URL when you commented on my blog π¦
I always read you name as Scorpia. Now I realized that its ScorPria. π
Ok, talking about book, you wrote
You told the end ?? π¦ π¦
But still I wanna read it. π
Very good review. It always feels good to read one’s hearts content rather than technical and factual analysis of something.
Cheers
Suda
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@Everyone
Check this out for more on Life of Pi π π π !!
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@Suda
Welcome to Alphabetworld!! π
“So you are Priya people keep talking about. BAH.” hahahahaha….wot is this spposed to mean? you seem to have expected a lot, and then got hugely dispppointed π π (and well, surprised to know i’m the “Priya people keep talking about”….good or bad, all i hav to say is whoa! π π )
and well, Pi surviving is just the beginning!!!! That’s why its so interesting!! π
and thanks, tho if i’d tried to write the technical aspects. i’d have been thrown outta blogville π π
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@scorpria: well, I think that I’ll read it! π
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yeah send it to mee π .. it would spare my time on searching π π
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You forgot to mention it costs 295 bucks π
10% discount at Crossword
So little less
So its worth owning without emptying pocket much π
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I am yet to read this one … right now I am redoing my reading plan ..
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hey you have the book? Pllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeease send it across! pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese! π
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Oye Suda!!
Cheapo!!
Go buy the damn book dude!! π
It’s worth it!! You should buy it even if it costs 5000 bucks! π
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@Smallstar
Yey ! Do it!
@Arvind
(inspired by nikhil’s comment tu Suda) Go buy one, man! its worth your money!! π
(inspired by own laziness π ) actually, th e-version i downloaded took me 3 hrs and then was corrupted in th end…and well, yu never get that feeling of a ‘book’; yu cant even grip the pages wen Richard Parker gets into one of his bad moods π π so pls do buy it π or gimme yur birth date…shall request Crossword tu courier it π
@Suda
The stuff in books are always thicker than a wad of gandhi’s pprinted heads π π its worth man…
@Sakhi
i have a corrupted e-version and an actual book…which do yu want mailed?? π Bday, pls…
@Nikhil
π π π
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@Dinu
Welcome to Alphabetworld!
read it! read it! read it π π π
redoing reading plan??? whatever does tht mean???
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oh…i haven’t even got my joining date…and i dont want to ask my father money for it ..
guess i will have to search for it online π
perhaps i will buy it too π
My birthday is celebrated every year as new year day π
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Oye!! Enough!! Write something new!!! Stop wasting time!! π
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Life of Pi is a great book. It was comprehensively researched and the authors imagination was brilliant. He described each and every little nugget and emotion about the tiger, the sea and Pi. Its as if he was on that boat too recording each and every moment. Another book which had me hooked and marveling at the creative ingenious of the author was Salman Rushdie’s Midnights Children. That was a great book too where you’re completely drawn and riveted into the life of the protagonist.
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@Arvind
Hehe…celebrate well this time also π
@Nikhil
Bah !
@Ulag
Coincidence!! I’m reading Midnight’s Children now — and yes, it’s a beautiful book!
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@Ulag
Yu dint leave a link ! π¦
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Hehe i dont have a blog!! Im just a nomadic aberration flitting from blog to blog without a blog to call my own!! π
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I have read this half only last year..and you’ve inspired me to go back to it!!!
I have a box full of books i got from India..this one’s gonna be my first one!
THANKS TO YOU..
π
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Yey! Fish it out! Read it! You’ll love it! π
And hey, anytime! π
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> Iβm generally a very fast readerβ¦and usually complete a 300 page book
> in less than 5 hours.
That’s “…in fewer than 5 hours.” :?)
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Welcome to AlphabetWorld! π
And…ahem…thanks π I stand corrected π
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I’m sorry but I really didn’t like the life of Pi, it was boring and filled with useless details. Not a good one for me. π₯
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Wah! What a review. As someone above has said straight from the heart. But I know what you mean by this being a sort of non-review. π Yeah, it is more of your own reactions. It is similar to how I think too π
I loved the book!
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I LOVED the book too. Towards the end, i was depressed it’d be over soon!
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