Life of Pi (film) Pi trains Richard Parker to accept him in the boat, and realizes that caring for the tiger is also helping keep himself alive. Weeks later they encounter a floating island of interconnected trees. It is a lush jungle of edible plants, fresh water pools and a large population of meerkats, enabling Pi and Richard Parker to eat and drink freely and regain strength. At night, the island transforms into a hostile environment. Richard Parker retreats to the lifeboat while Pi and the meerkats sleep in the trees; the water pools turn acidic, digesting the fish in them. Pi deduces that
The Teeth of the Tiger Like "Red Rabbit", Clancy's "The Teeth of the Tiger" was poorly received by critics and reviews for "The Teeth of the Tiger" were "tepid at best." "The Washington Post" described it as a "bloated, boring, silly novel" with "inane dialogue, gossamer characterizations, endless repetition and bumper-sticker politics." The "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" panned it as well, saying that the most positive thing about the book was that it was "mercifully briefer than its chronological predecessor in the Jack Ryan series.". The "San Antonio Express-News" described the novel as "an acceptable thriller" that is "an obvious attempt to reinvent the franchise [Clancy]