The Life of Pi: Part One

My first impression of The Life of Pi was that it was very mysterious and shaded.  This trend seemed to continue through the first part of this book.  Sometimes the switch between Pi's narrative and the narrorator confused me and made me confused on what was what.  But overall, I can see that this beginning is leading to a major event that turned this story in a crazy direction.  To me, the beginning so far seems like an almost regular story of someone growing up... So I am really in anticipation of this change.  I am a little tired of hearing the story of the origin of Pi's name and of his growing up in zoos honestly, but I expect that something different will happen in Part Two.  Hopefully the story of Pi develops even more as the story goes on.