LIFE OF PI (Yann Martel) - November 22/14

Another super overlong read. The first hundred pages, I thought, were kind of interminable, as Pi explores the different religions. (Very much a who-cares sort of vibe.) The character's initial exploits on the raft with the tiger are interesting, but the book just goes on and on and on. By the time Pi and Richard Parker arrived on that weird island, I had stopped caring. The last little bit, in which we learn the entire tale was a lie to cover up the horrific things that actually occurred, was pretty decent, admittedly. ** out of ****