# Life of Pi **Author:** Yann Martel **Date Read:** 2012/07/28 **Rating:** 3/5 **Bookshelves:** fiction, india ## My Review The spiritual undertones (did I say undertones) were quite loud. Often preacy at times, the skeptic in me wanted to scream out loud sometimes. Descriptions were long, yet not so boring for me. The journey of Pi after the shipwreck is a bit too long, but the beginning and the end are beautiful. Perhaps, the only time I could have read this book was during the times when I was so frustrated with "reality". I doubt I would have finished it at any other time but for this. Thankfully, I picked it up just when I needed something surreal. And that was what it was. The book is quite interesting because, I am sure people can take very different messages from it, often even conflicting ones. For me, it made me question some deeply held convictions, improved my understanding of "faith" (in other people though and not myself!). All in all, a nice rambling story - at times funny, at times boring and at times dramatic.