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Whenever people ask me what I thought of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, usually I say I didn’t like it.

Which isn’t directly true - I did like it, in fact.

I just didn’t love it - which I think is the expected reaction to the book (I have similar feelings about Ironman). It was good, but it didn’t capture me. I think it has a compelling narrative, but ( Read more... )