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January 1, 2008
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March 18, 2009
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August 28, 2009
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rated it 2 stars
Sep 16, 2009 04:53PM

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Actually, the early part when the boy is in Pondicherry, and the ending, are not badly written at all. Hmm, perhaps I should have given it 2 stars instead of 1.
There was a bit of controversy regarding plagiarism about this book :

Thanks for posting the link, Sandy, that was exactly the article I was mentally picturing from 'back then'. Snort! those last two sentences in that same Guardian report sums up the irony for me:
The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and Clarifications column, Tuesday November 12 2002
Our report should have acknowledged the New York Times as the source of some of the quotes.
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Haha. Good one :D
@Sandybanks
here are 2 reasons why I don't fancy Life of Pi:
1. Yann Martel was not precious with his words.
He used too much words and descriptions and what have you when just a few would do the trick.
SEE ALSO: Dan Brown
2. Why did Martel tell us that Pi Patel survived being a castaway very early in the book? That ruined it for me. One might argue, Well, he's got that other twist prepared for you. Nope. Still ruined!


It is supposed to be an allegory, which imho is told in an unnecessarily verbose manner. Those looong chapters about Pi and the animals on the boat (which may or may not happen) were so boring. But I suppose I should have given it 2 stars instead of 1, since some parts are quite well written.