Life of Pi: part one

Let me first begin by saying that I am rather dissapointed in this book.  I was hoping that our last book to read would be good and an easy read.  Boy was I wrong!  Although it will make more sense as I read more, the first part of this book was very confusing and hard to follow.  I slacked on the reading of this book(like most books we read) mainly because I couldn't gain interest in what was happening.  However, when we went over the religions stuff in class I understood that much better.  One thing that confused me though was that Pi said he wasn't any of the three religions--Hindu, Christian, or Muslim-- but that he was all three.  Now in my mind I honestly do not see how this could work.  It also came as no surprise to me that Pi later majored in religion.  I just cannot grasp the concept of practicing three very different religions all at the same time.  One thing that really interested me was the sloths.  Learning about the sloths habits and lifestyle was rather intriguing.  The fact that sloths use there slow pace to elude predators is completely contradictory to what I have always imagined as a way to prevent yourself from being preyed upon.  This book has some interesting things but I hope the second part is much easier to read and understand.