Christina Reviews *The Life of Pi* by Yann Martel

         I am one of the weird people who actually liked The Life of Pi.  My aunt couldn’t get into it.  She calls it The Life of Pee.

       The novel is about an Indian boy named Piscine.  He calls himself Pi for short because Piscine sounds too much like a dirty word.  It actually means "pool" in French, and what do people do in a pool?  And I don't mean swim.  

       Anyway, partway through the book, Pi boards a ship with his family and a zooful of animals.  Not long after, his whole family has drowned, and he is on a lifeboat with a few of the animal survivors.  One of the animals is a Bengal Tiger.  How will he deal with being trapped in close quarters with a Bengal Tiger, you say?  I guess you'll just have to read the book.

       This is a story about faith, apparently, and how after reading this book, you’ll finally have it.  Maybe not in the human race, though.  Probably not that.  Just wait until you read about some of the things Pi does. 

        I have to say that this book was disturbing.  But then survival stories often are.  I don’t know why I liked this story.  I guess I just liked the unreliable narrator aspect of it.  There’s a little bit of a twist near the end.