I found the writing to be beautiful and quite vivid, as a matter of fact, a little too vivid for me. I wish I would have been warned about how gruesome it would get. I had to turn down the speakers and let it play to get thru some parts. I can only give this 2 stars due to amount of gruesome details.

The life of Pi is one of the greatest stories audible has. The way it was read was perfect for such a great story. If you didn't know better you would think it was true. It was writen so well that you wont want to stop playing it when you get where you headed. Out of all the 26 books I've listened to on audible this is by far the best.

An extremely vivid account of survival with an interesting ending......highly recommended

Let me put it this way: I studied the plot? (a very loosely tied string of happenings, if you ask me), and found no deeper meaning. I listened to the narrator, and found no poetic prose. I understand it's supposed to be the story of someone's life, and there is no real meaning in a life, however; I just don't get it, what are we reading all this for? I kept waiting for the punch line, or the redeeming message. ... and then, well, my reward for my time and persistence? ...not so much. (lol) Did I mention I don't get it? live and learn...

The book begins slowly, with seemingly irrelavent intermittant dialogues with a 'narrator'; presumedly the fictional author of the tale. Evenutally the book evolves into an enthralling story (as soon as the character takes to sea) that challenges preconceptions of reality, experience, and memory.

Spell binding story!

I LOVED this book. I can see why some reviewers have said that it got a slow start, but that narrative I thought made the main story line (a man surviving at sea in a lifeboat with a tiger) somewhat believable.

I also can't imagine having read this book rather than hearing it as an audio book. I loved the narration. It was beautifully done and I can still hear Pi's voice in my head as my mind keeps bringing up some of the images from the book as well as some of its lessons.

This book was a little difficult to get involved with, but once into the book it was excellent.

I enjoyed every minute and the great descriptions of the sights, sounds, and smells experienced by Pi. I felt like I was actually with Pi.

I would recommend this book to anyone. I think this book takes you on a trip to a different world and forces you experience the journey

If you can read through the first bit, you should have no problem finishing it. The book is so well described it is almost like you're with Pi on his journey.

I loved this book. I loved the creativity of it, and the ending. Or possible alternate stories one can come up with. I went on to read more about the author online and read up on his take on the book. Very interesting. I still think about Pi to this day, even though it's just a character in a novel. The psychological trauma he went through still pains me to this day, as a reader! I certainly don't look at tigers the same way anymore!

I had browsed this title at the book store and the synopsis seemed very interesting. I bought the audio version and listened for well over two hours before the first glimpse of the book description came into play. The first segment of the book does carry a lot of importance throughout the rest of the main story, so be patient with this one and stick with it :)