...(to put it)...
down before I ...(had read)... it cover to cover. The book tells the unusual
story of a sixteen year old boy, Pi. As Pi ...(is making)... to voyage from
India to Canada on a boat full of zoo animals, his boat sinks. Being the
only human survivor, he finds ...(himself)... sharing a lifeboat with a
menagerie of creatures, including a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan.
Although the book ...(is written)... in a fairly simple style, it examines
some very complex themes. In fact, the novel reads like a fable or a
fairy tale as it ...(discusses)... the question of faith and belief.
If you read only one good book this year, I would strongly recommend
Martel's life of Pi. The writer ...(has come)... up with a story that is
enlightening, humorous and therefore highly entertaining.