Tuesday, December 23, 2008

A Look Back 2008, The Biggest Disappointment: Life of Pi

I read Life of Pi long after the masses, so I’d read numerous glowing reviews. So, when I was reading and not really enjoying it, I was puzzled. Didn’t I get it? I felt the book was slow and a bit predictable. Sure, several books are predictable, but if they’re engaging, at least I can move past the predictability. But, I wasn’t very engaged in Life of Pi. I found the main character to be annoying and the “at sea” section to be awfully long. So, in the end, I had too high of expectations for the book and it didn’t meet them.

Life of Pi
Top Books 2007


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I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. May you be surrounded by those you love.

2 comments:

jessi said...

Well, that's disappointing. Life of Pi is on my TBR list (I was actually hoping to get to it relatively soon). I hope I enjoy it more than you did, but now I know to go into with no expectations. :)

Em said...

My other reader friends (including my sister) also did not like this book. I decided to take it off my "to read" list. Too many good books to read!