by Paulo Coelho
On the surface, the is the story of Brida and her quest to learn magic. I’m sure there are as many interpretations of this book as there are readers, but I read it as the story of a young woman trying to find love and her place in the world. Along the way she has to make some tough decisions about w...
I don't know what it is about Paulo Coelho but I find his books fascinating and just hypnotic. I don't buy his brand of spirituality but I don't mind reading them.Brida knows that she has the gift and went in search of fulfilling her purpose in this world. She went to look for a teacher to set her...
i love this Book!
I expected more after reading The Alchemist, but still a good read.
It's more of a spiritual and religious journey rather than a story about Brida. It wasn't at all as I expected it to be. It wasn't Paulo Coelho's best work, for sure. I just couldn't relate to the story or the character. The first few chapters were well written; when she spent the night in the fores...
Good, in a somewhat weird way. It has flashes of Coelho philosophical brilliance, but the plot and characterisation was very thin, and the ending did not satisfy.
My first exposure to Coelho was many years ago. I read The Alchemist at a time in my life when I was experiencing some major changes and I found very real comfort and guidance there. I enjoyed several more of his novels but after a time there seemed to be a repetitiveness to them that left me unsati...