The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no?
And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no?
Doesn't that make life a story?
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
So disappointed! The first half of the book was HILARIOUS - Dante's attitude, cockiness and swaggery way of talking was pure entertainment. But the second half of the book suffered from insta-love, unclear worldbuilding and less-than-compelling plot developments that had me skimming paragraphs just to get to the end. Damn...