Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption (P.S.)

by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author)
Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption (P.S.)
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published
June 1st 2006 (first published 1998) by Harper Perennial

binding
Paperback, 240 pages

setting
Ljubljana, Iran, Islamic Republic of

isbn
0061124265    (isbn13: 9780061124266)

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Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missin

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tami
02/26/09
tami rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0722539924)

Read in March, 2009
"When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside of me, Veronikas that I could love."

this passage may seem like nothing much, but it kind of blew me away. veronika has a very logical set of reasons for trying to off herself, she makes her decision sound very rational. but she survived her suicide attempt, and in the asylum she'll learn a lot about her deeper, truer self.

what can i say, this book is sing...more
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Irina
12/27/07
Irina rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2007
Fantastic read! Awesome! I could not put the book down!

“Veronika Decides to Die” – just read the title again….decides to die…
How many times have you said to yourself, at least I have, “Ahh…I don’t care, I don’t really want to live anymore”, without even thinking about the meaning of it.

So Veronika said the same thing and decided to do something about it. Why?
Nothing bad had happened to Veronika, she was beautiful, had a regular life…very ...more
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lita
05/13/08
lita rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: novel---bahasa-inggris
Read in January, 2005
Saat Asa Tak Lagi Ada

Asa, Harapan, Impian, Angan-angan, atau apapun namanya, selalu ada di benak semua orang. Setiap kejadian yang menimpa seseorang, bisa jadi menstimulasi pikiran orang tersebut untuk mempunyai asa. Dan semua orang berhak untuk itu. Bagaimana seseorang menyikapi asa tersebut, semua ada ditangannya. Mau diwujudkan atau tidak, terserah yang bersangkutan.

Saat Sang Hidup mengajak saya bergulat melawan maut, saya dihadapi oleh dua pilihan. Pertama, menyerah p...more
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Bharath rajeswaran
11/14/07
Bharath rajeswaran rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2007
recommends it for: all the irritated teens
I actually was glancing through a book shop and when suddenly this book caught my attention. I 've previously read The Alchemist and i thoroughly enjoyed it. But veronica was pretty awesome. In a sense, it was the truth of the western world and will be applicable to the eastern world which is actually involved all the time in copying the west. And from a very depressed state, with no great ambitions or desire in everyday life, veronica decides that life is not worthy of living and after a failed...more
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Roos
07/17/08
Roos rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: buku-pinjam, furious, novelia
Read in July, 2008
recommended to Roos by: Palsay
Buku Gila berisi Orang-orang Gila di Rumah Sakit Gila dengan Dokter Gila yang punya Ide-ide Sangat Gila....waaaaa...semoga yang baca gak ikutan Gila....hehehehe.

Perkenalan Pertama dengan Paulo Coelho....setengah dipaksa karena ini buku minjam dari Jeng Palsay yang baik hati, cantik dan tidak sombong...hehehe, dengan niat kuat untuk mengembalikan jadi buku ini cukup selesai dalam 2 hari saja...Fiuuuuhhhh...*ngelap keringat di kening* ( Waktu pinjam dari Kopdar di Mbah Jingkrak...dibaw...more
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LINDA
11/03/07
LINDA rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: books
Read in March, 2002
After reading the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, I decided that it was time to read another of his works.

This book was about Veronika and how she had decided to die, and attempted suicide. She awakens from her attempt to realize that the attempt was not successful, but that she had cause damage to her heart with the medication that she had tried to overdose on and that she would die within days.

Veronika uses her remaining time to reflect and through her own self-discovery s...more
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Misha
04/09/09
Misha rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: 2009, loved-it, novel
At about 50 pages in, it's a little frightening how much I've identified with Veronika thus far, how much I understand her rationale for wanting to die. She can only see one path unfolding for herself, and it's one she can't stomach. I get that. But unlike Veronika I haven't given up hope that my path may yet fork off in unexpected and exciting directions.

I also read and think there must be a certain kind of comfort in going truly insane. Not this garden-variety neurosis I experience...more
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Merc
04/04/09
Merc rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009
I am not sure whether among Paulo Coelho’s goals in writing ‘Veronika decides to die’ was to not only inform the readers of the exact location of Ljubljana, Slovenia but also to stir interest in its political circumstances in and around the year 1997 . If it was, it is safe to say that , that particular mission is accomplished as far as I am concerned. This book was first published in the year 2000 (ISBN # 0-06- 0I9612-2). The central theme of the book, contrary to what its title suggest...more
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Jimmy
08/04/08
Jimmy rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in September, 2008
Belajar Menghargai Hidup

Berapakah nilai dari sebuah hidup? Seorang pasien di sebuah rumah sakit, yang masih ingin hidup lebih lama, terpaksa harus dibantu dengan alat pernafasan yang terhubung ke tabung oksigen karena dia kesulitan untuk bernafas. Bernafas! Manusia yang hidup ditandai dengan bernafas, entah itu bernafas secara alami ataupun dengan bantuan alat-alat pernafasan. Bernafas berarti menghidup udara, menghirup oksigen. Harga satu tabung oksigen cukup mahal. Bisa dibayang...more
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pipitta
04/30/08
pipitta rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of other edition)

Buku ini terbitan KPG, dan karena dibeli lewat internet dapat diskon 15% deh. Penerjemahnya Lina Jusuf, dan hasil kerjanya oke juga, bikin buku ini enak dibaca. Gak terlalu tebal lho, hanya 258 halaman, tapi buku ini padat dan sangat bermakna, sampe-sampe keputusan gw untuk ga baca lagi karya Coelho (gara-gara baca The Alchemist yang menurut gw ga oke) berubah, dan gw putuskan beli bukunya yang lain, The Zahir.

Adalah Veronika yang memutuskan untuk mati pada 11 November 1997 dengan c...more
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Annie
12/01/07
Annie rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in November, 2007
My first experience with Coelho was in reading the novel "The Alchemist." I found that I did not agree with the general consensus that the book was amazing but instead found it to be quite preachy and a little contrived. Granted, I did cut Coehlo some slack as I realized I went into reading the book expecting it's grandiosity to change my life. My friend Cassie was the only person I know who agreed with me on "The Alchemist" and in hearing her recommendation to read "V...more
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Devi
09/30/07
Devi rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2004
recommends it for: all book lovers
Things that I can get from “Veronika Memutuskan Mati”

By Paulo Coelho



1 Juli 2005

# Hidup adalah perjuangan, seni dalam hidup adalah berjuang, isi setiap waktu dengan kegiatan…sesungguhnya membuang-buang waktu dan kemalasan adalah suatu kekalahan…membuat kita tergilas dinamika kehidupan.



# Lakukan banyak hal dalam hidup, cobalah hal-hal baru yang belum pernah kita lakukan…Nikmati hidupmu.



# Hi...more
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Choupette
08/14/08
Choupette rated it: 1 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2006
recommends it for: Not even my worst enemy
I totally, completely and utterly fail to understand this book. However, as typically befalls me when I read a book by Paolo Coelho, I seem to recall a moment about four-fifths of the way to the end when I had an epiphanic moment - when I realised that although I had loathed the book from the start until that exact sentence, I suddenly understood it and could comprehend and possibly even accept (though grudgingly) that other people could like it and that it could possibly qualify as a Good Book....more
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Kate
03/22/09
Kate rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: good-not-great
Read in March, 2009
Paul Coelho is a cool guy, a person you'd want to know - he's been a mental institution inmate (and runaway), a travelling hippy minstrel, left-wing activist blogger - one of his latest blog posts criticizes the Catholic Church for opposing abortion http://paulocoelhoblog.com/ and he started a charity for impoverished youths in Rio de Janeiro. Those things are amazing. Oh, and he's a writer, of course. In fact, he's a GR author. So, Mr. Coelho, if you read this review, here's a *high five* to ...more
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Liz
04/19/09
Liz rated it: 1 of 5 stars

bookshelves: fiction
Read in January, 2007
This was really the worst book I've ever read. I don't know if it's a problem in the translation or not, but as much as I WANTED to like this book I just couldn't make myself. I got about 60 pages away from the end before I realized that I didn't care about any of the characters and just wanted Veronika to die and get it over with.

I think the worst part for me is that the author chose to write the second chapter about himself. Generally speaking, I think it's admirable that he wante...more
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Jess
04/06/09
Jess rated it: 4 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0722539924)

Read in April, 2009
I really liked this book. Most everyone can relate to this book in some shape or form. Mental illness is something most have experienced either themselves or with someone they know. I would give this 4 stars. It was a quick read, but a good one. I had this book read in one day. It's only 210 pgs.

My favorite part of the book:(pg 31)
VERONIKA: "Is this a prison?" she asked the nurse, who had stopped reading and was now watching her every movement.
THE NURSE: "...more
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Reinhold
bookshelves: belletristik, own, the-very-best
Read in May, 2004
Veronika, eine junge Frau die keinen Sinn mehr in ihrem Leben sieht, beschließt zu sterben. Sie sieht keinen Sinn mehr in Ihrem Leben - sie ist nicht depressiv oder krank oder hat sonst einen der typischen Gründe dafür, nein, sie will einfach nicht nur einen Tag nach dem anderen immer das gleiche erleben. Und so beschließt sie, sich eine Überdosis Schlaftabletten zu verabreichen. Nach einigen Tagen im Koma wacht sie in der Psychiatrie auf und der zuständige Arzt eröffnet ihr, dass sie zwa...more
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Mansor Pooyan
05/30/08
Mansor Pooyan rated it: 3 of 5 stars

ورونیکا هرچه می خواهد دارد. شب ها برای تفریح بیرون می رود، با مردهای جذاب ملاقات می کند، اما شاد نیست. در زندگی اش چیزی کم است. برای همین است که صبح روز ۱۱ نوامبر سال ۱۹۹۷، تصمیم می گیرد بمیرد. با قرص دست به خودکشی می زند و هرچند خودکشی اش موفق نیست، دکتر به او می گوید که تا چند رو...more
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Yaya
05/26/08
Yaya rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: mooched, paulo-coelho
Paulo Coelho rasanya gak mau berbasa-basi mencari judul dengan kata-kata yang puitis deh, soalnya baca judulnya aja paling nggak pembaca udah bisa nebak isi bukunya tentang apa.

Veronika decides to die yang kalau dalam bahasa Indonesianya: Veronika memutuskan untuk mati memang bercerita tentang seorang gadis yang mencoba untuk bunuh diri tapi gagal total, malah harus jadi penghuni semacam RSJ bernama Villete. Pertama-tama membaca buku ini jujur saya gak suka banget, karena gaya penuli...more
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Chai
02/11/08
Chai rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: i-own
Read in April, 2008
recommends it for: everyone
I read The Alchemist and didn't like it. I read Veronika Decides to Die and it fast became one of my favourites. The issues that this novel deals with, are things that I have faced in my own life.

I loved the way that it was written. It was very real and the depictions of most of the mental illnesses were confrontingly accurate. The way that Coelho described Mari's panic attacks was almost too accurate for me, it was almost as if I were reading my own experience.

Sure, I t...more
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"I wanted to...feel hatred and love, despair and tedium-- all those simple, yet foolish things that make up everyday life but that give pleasure to your existence. If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to be crazy, Everyone is indeed crazy, but the craziest are the ones who don't know they are crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to." More quotes...


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