The alchemist seems to be a favourite of a lot of people. It seems to draw fans who like a huge array of genres too.For me, it fell very flat. It read as a fable, but also as if it was trying to preach. I hated that.While the sense of adventure was there, the story seemed to move at a glacial pace. ...
Sometimes books come into your life and you realize that they are exactly what you need. This is one of those times. I can't adequately review a book like this, because I could throw all the words ever written together in an attempt to sum up my feelings towards this superb, beautiful, incredible no...
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a little book rich in inspiration and in hope. Mr. Coelho says he wrote it from his soul, and that it is his metaphor for living life. I would say that Mr. Coelho is a very hopeful person.Though it tells a story, The Alchemist is written as parable, or rather, as a m...
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a fable – a story of the young shepherd Santiago who learns the valuable lesson of pursuing one's dream in the face of obstacles; and the even more valuable lesson of being present in every moment of the process it takes to get there. It is a simply told story with a...
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it”Yeah, right! As if! I really wanted to get to work on time today and the frickin’ car broke down. Which universe are we talking about then? In all fairness to Paulo Coelho though, The Alchemist is narrated in the style...
Now I understand why this title has sold so many copies! The Alchemist is one of those reads that resonates with you, long after you're done with The book. Before, I would have asked myself why I hadn't read it sooner, but I now know that I wouldn't have absorbed the content the way that I needed to...
“When you truly want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it...”These words somehow tend to convey the warmth and truth that our soul and heart had been seeking since it was born. They unfetter the deep-seated desire of ours to follow our destiny...to pursue the path laid ...
The Alchemist’s main protagonist is a young man who starts out as a shepherd. The young man is only known to the reader as “The Boy”, he is never given a name. The boy wonders about a dream he has had twice in a row. He sees a gypsy to read his future and then meets a strangely dressed person cla...
I've heard people say this book was so special and changed their lives. But really, I couldn't like it at all. After I finished listening to this book, I was left with a lot of questions, the most important one: What did I just read? I know there is probably a lot of subtext in this one, but for m...
A "boy" has always wanted to travel and believed his treasure was to be found at the pyramids in Egypt. He decides to become a shepherd because they get to travel. One his way he meets many people who help him along the way, in their way. A gypsy can't tell him how to get to the pyramids, but wants ...
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