by Paulo Coelho
* Nummer 94 van de BBC big read top 100.4.5*Voordat ik begon met lezen, heb ik wat Goodreads recensies bekeken, en dit waren vooral 1/2 of 4/5 sterren. Dus of je vind dit boek verschrikkelijk, of fantastisch. Ik wist niet zo goed wat ik er van moest verwachten, maar ik vind dit boek echt heel goed e...
This is basically a fairy tale, in a sense that it is entirely symbolic and linear. And even though we all have good memories of fairy tales, they are fairly hard to pull off when targeted at adults. The most notable example is probably [b:The Little Prince|157993|The Little Prince|Antoine de Saint-...
This is more a fairytale than a story, but a very beautiful one. Every sentence, every paragraph is crafted into a piece of jewelry that can be admired for hours on end. The story could be called rather 'flat' (although this gets better near the end), but it is never boring or even predictable. The ...