And While I'm On the Topic...
I've been reading another blog where somebody asked if Life of Pi was a book she should bother with, and most of the commenters have been people who Loved This Book. They're talking about how anyone with deep spiritual personal growth will love it too, and that there are secret messages at the end. Did I just TOTALLY miss something? What the heck was this book about anyway? Help!
Labels: Life of Pi, question
posted by mamashine at
8:23 PM
6 Comments:
I'm with you all the way Kelli. This book made very little sense to me. I don't see the story as a spiritual journey or anything like that. But, I also admitted that I am not religious and therefore may be missing something.
I wonder if others here have had the same problem with finishing this book and with answering the questions.... I noticed we only have 3 people commenting, and that's if you count me saying I don't know how to answer the questions!
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PCOSMama, at 8:11 AM
love your thumbnail.
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tkkerouac, at 7:36 AM
For the next book (or a future book), I recommend "Moloka'i" by Alan Brennert. I'm about 2/3 of the way through it right now, and I find it very hard to put it down!!
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AtYourCervix, at 3:58 PM
I didn't read the book; checked it out of our library and it sat for weeks and weeks (thank goodness I'm exempt from late fees....)
Life's been a little crazy so I apologize for my lapse in active membership.
I'll try to do better on the next read.
Thanks ya'll!
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E, at 10:19 PM
You didn't miss anything, e. :)
Have we decided what we're doing next? We seem to have lost steam with this. Not that I've had time to really do much either.
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mamashine, at 9:18 PM
I, too, was confounded. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for heaven's sake. It should have been good. And I didn't think it was.
I don't think we're all clueless. I think it's just a dry book. (Ironic, since it's set on the sea, huh?) Perhaps if we had approached it as a spiritual read, it might have been different. I could see how if you embarked on the read as a metaphor for a spiritual journey, you might find all kinds of coincidences or meanings.
But as "ravenous readers" of contemporary fiction, I defy anyone to tell us we're wrong: this was just too "twee" as one of my friends says. Not to mention clunkily written.
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JenniNapa, at 8:39 AM
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