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Title: No pie in the Life of Pi
Review: I loved the conceit of the plot: boy and tiger in life boat. As a well-illustrated childrens' book---perhaps with pop-up pages---it would have worked. But by page 200, the Life of Pi sinks, along with the reader's expectation of epiphany, of hoping to discover one lasting moment or lesson.Mark this: those who tout this book as a paean to spiritual awakening and endurance are wrong. What happens here is the boy survives. It happens to people and is often heoric. That Pi has has to surive under such contrived circumstances is survival caricature. It is embarrassing and suggests an artist inability to write about the tough and magnificant human spirit. We learn nothing from this book, carry away no experience, look for and find no parable in the story that illuminates.The book jacket suggests that the Life of Pi may "make you believe in God." Perhaps good writing can do just that, for a minute or forever. Certainly, there is no glimpse of the divine in the Life of Pi.
