This was a good book, but it left me with questions and a little bit let down. Pi is young boy whos father runs a zoo in India. While in his teens, his family sells the animals and takes a freighter (along with most of the animals) to Canada. Just four day out, the freighter sinks. The only ones to make it to a life boat are Pi, a bangel tiger, a hyena, an orangutan and a wounded zebra. After a few days, the only ones left on the boat are Pi and the tiger and they survive together on a lifeboat for 272 days. The reviews (and the author) all suggest that the book will 're-new your faith in God'. Although I was impressed with Pi's devotion to God, I'm not sure why the books was supposed to re-new MY faith in God. The book starts out pretty slow, but then it grabs you and holds on tight the rest of the way through... until the very end. I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about the ending. I would recommend the book, but I'm not sure everyone who reads it will come away feeling the same way about it. It is beautifully written and wonderfully descriptive.