This book was really not what I was expecting at all. I thought i'd be a kids tale about a boy and a tiger who get stranded on an island and have to live together... God knows why! The first portion of the book - as demonstrated by my first outraged review - seems to be a mix between factbooks of zoology and religion, mixed in with the musing and life of a seemingly uninteresting nobody. The story takes ages to get to the point you actually want to read about, and although you could argue that the build up prepares you for the disaster waiting to happen, therefore making it more interesting...It doesn't. Not for me anyway. However I did EVENTUALLY get gripped in once the 'real' story started to take place and a really felt for this guy and all the struggling, the writing making it very believable. A few surprises thrown in but no dramatic twists really, unless you count ones that make you read the same sentence again...and then again...and then the page once more, pause for a bit and really think about it, then finally shrug your shoulders and get on with it. No joke that actually happened at one point. If you're planning to read this book then GOOD LUCK! I'm not sure if i enjoyed this or not, i did and i didn't. I wouldn't put it up there with my greats, but hey, what do i know.
Anyone else read it? Tell me what you thought ;)
Anyone else read it? Tell me what you thought ;)
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