<p>Has anybody read it? I have my eye on it because the subject matter and themes interest me. I want to get some opinions though before I purchase it. Is it an easy/entertaining read (don't have that much time to read it)? Thought provoking?</p>
<p>Thanks. This is for a book analysis paper, and I want to choose something that is both interesting and thought provoking.</p>
<p>I haven't read it but one of my best friends never shuts up about it. I think it's a fairly "difficult" read (ie. challenging), but I'm not completely sure. Find it at a library and read a few pages. See whether you like it.</p>
<p>I remember it was all the rage to read at one of my summer programs. Honestly its not that hard of a read, but there are a lot of themes and concepts to get out of it so it is difficult in that sense. My friend also wrote a paper about it, that is how I found out about it and the rest of the summer program.</p>
<p>Yeah, its not hard to read, but there are a lot of read-in-between-the-lines.</p>
<p>Its a great book, one of my favorites.</p>
<p>It's awesome!</p>
<p>I haven't read it, but it's our "One Park, One Book" campaign at school book. Basically, the library gives out copies to whoever wants one and then we have monthly meetings on it to discuss. Everybody who I know that has done it has really liked the book, if that helps at all.</p>
<p>I really liked it. It's not necessarily challenging to read (although some find Part I boring, no one has problems with Part II), and the themes are as challenging as you want them to be (i.e. there are really subtle themes and really obvious ones), so it's a really versatile book. I definitely recommend it :)</p>
<p>I read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it. It's not exactly challenging, but it can be slow-moving at times. It can be read a tmany different levels, so the themes are as deep as you make them.</p>
<p>My daughter is also doing a book report on it. I have read it 3-4 times and each time, found a different perspective to it.</p>
<p>it's sort of a slow treck in the middle, where they're describing boat positions...I had NO IDEA what was happening. </p>
<p>Part I and II are completely different</p>
<p>its a great book though...LOVE IT</p>
<p>Yeah, I got the book as part of the "One Park, One Book" thing but I haven't even begun it. I haven't read a fiction book less than 25 years old in a long time, so it'll be difficult adjusting.</p>
<p>my dad read it when I was in like 6th grade and tried to get me to read it for a long time. I was too busy reading steven king to care about what my dad said (besides, what does he know? lol).
i'll have to borrow it from him, lol.</p>
<p>I read it freshman year and I didn't think it was challenging. That could have entirely been because I wasn't a very good reader back then and probably didn't pick up on its difficulty =D</p>
<p>I didn't think it was the greatest book ever, it was alright. The ending is neat but everything else seems to drag on for far too long. I'd suggest reading In the Heart of the Sea, by Nataniel Philbrick. It's a true story of a shipwreck and people lost at sea, resorting to cannibalism. Definitely a very interesting read :)</p>
<p>I loved it-you can read it as a story, as a parable or metaphor, as a psychological drama (which is truth, which is fiction)...Not a hard read, but lots of subtly if you want to look for it. Slow? I didn't think so...if I'm ever on a raft in the ocean with a tiger, I feel well-prepared to cope.</p>
<p>Yes, I read it once last year, and liked it enough, and then my English teacher had us annotate it to the point where there were no visible printed words. It was all handwriting.</p>
<p>It's a good book if you read it for fun, but as an assignment, it's incredibly tedious.</p>
<p>It's a easy read.
Very interesting at the beginning but gradually boring as it progresses toward the end. But that's only my opinion.</p>
<p>I'm reading it right now and I think it's supposed to be on my summer reading list. It's a really good book, at least for the first 100 pages (because that's how far I am now). So far it has been an easy read as compared to some of the other things I've read for school. Many of my friends and teachers have read it and they all agree with me on this. </p>
<p>It is quite thought provoking and it's probably a good book to do an analysis on so I 100% recommend it.</p>
<p>I personally hated it. I think it's kind of a cop out, and it seems like the author was trying too hard to make a statement. I thought it was a boring read, and I would not have finished it if it wasn't required of me.</p>
<p>I really liked it...espcially the part about the carnivorous thingy--that was really creepy.</p>
<p>I always thought it was about the number.</p>