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Oct 22, 2010

Joselito rated it:

Pretty, single, 24-year-old Veronika decides to die for two reasons, both of them phony: one, because she realizes she will one day be old; and two, because a lot of things are wrong in this world. She then takes a lot of sleeping pills. While waiting to die, as if she's waiting for her cat to finish drinking its milk, Veronika decides to read a magazine and then write to the editor of that magazine. Which made the scene cartoonish.

This rare combination of phoniness and cartoonishnes More...

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Jul 07, 2009

Irina rated it:

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 ordinary though ... bu More...

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Apr 02, 2010

lita rated it:

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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Nov 14, 2007

Bharath rated it:

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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Jul 25, 2008

Roos rated it:

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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Oct 30, 2011

محمود rated it:

فيرونكا تقرر ان تموت - باولو كويلو -
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الناس لايتعلمون اي شيء يخبرهم به الاخرون عليهم ان يتعلموا ذلك بانفسهم
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افضل طريقة لتجنب المشاكل هي ان تشرك الاخرين بذلك
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الوظيفة الوحيدة المفيدة لربطة العنق انها تخدم احساسا بالشعور بالتحرر عند عودتك للمنزل وتخلعها تشعر كانك حررت نفسك من شيء ما رغم انك لاتعرف ماهو على وجه التحديد
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وحدهم الابطال والمجانين لايخافون الحياة او الموت ولايبالون بالخطر More...

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Nov 03, 2007

LINDA rated it:

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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Apr 11, 2009

Misha rated it:

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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Aug 12, 2011

Gloria rated it:

Veronika is a 24 year old Slovenian woman who one day decides to kill herself, apparently because (1) "everything in her life was the same and, once her youth was gone, it would be downhill all the way" and (2) everything is wrong with the world and she feels powerless to make things right. After she takes an overdose of sleeping pills, Veronika wakes up in a mental asylum and the remainder of the book is, basically, a series of interactions between Veronika and a number of the inhabit More...

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Aug 11, 2011

Sundos rated it:

رواية غير اعتيادية أبدًا! نصحني بها أحد الأصدقاء
أول صفحات الرواية تبدأ بمشهد فتاة جميلة، لاينقصها من الحياة شيء.. تنتحر!
لتصحو فجأة وتجد نفسها في مستشفى للأمراض العقلية!!
رواية تتحدث عن الجنون بمعناه الغير اعتيادي.. رواية من الممكن أن أقول بعدها أننا جميعًا أو أغلبنا مجانين بطريقة أو أخرى!
يوجد بها بعض التجاوزات الجنسية، بمعنى أنني لن أسمح لأختي الصغيرة بقرائتها! :\
أبدع باولو كويلهو صراحة، أعجبتني بشدة أكثر من رواية الخيميائي التي تبدو اعتيادية جدًا من نظري..
أقت More...

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Sep 14, 2009

Merc rated it:

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 suggests is, More...

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Jun 13, 2009

Jimmy rated it:

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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May 30, 2008

Pipitta rated it:

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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Jan 09, 2008

Annie rated it:

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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Oct 22, 2007

Devi R. rated it:

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.

# Hidup adalah More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Dave rated it:

I've been reading through Paulo Coelho's books. The writing I find simple and honest in tone that is just slightly new-agey. However, at times his works surprise me with the occasional blunt phrasing.

In this particular novel, the theme is that of how people with unique perspectives are seen as crazy by the majority who do not understand them. The protagonist, a young woman named Veronika, attempts to kill herself because she just doesn't see life getting any more interesting. She do More...

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Jun 06, 2009

Choupette rated it:

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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Dec 16, 2009

James rated it:

I bought this book because I'd heard so many positive things about The Alchemist. For some reason, when I hear too much praise for a book, I'll circle it before actually reading it. Maybe pick up one or two of the author's other books first to get a better idea of what I'm getting myself into. It helps me approach the book I really want to read with more realistic expectations, and, I think, reduces my chances of being unfairly disappointed.

Anyway, so I picked this one up and wa More...

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Dec 19, 2011

Mostafa rated it:

واحدة من اقرب الروايات الي قلبي

مع انها مغرقة في الحزن بشدة

من اول البداية واختيار فيرونيكا
للانتحار وناجتها
والمعاملة
الجافة في المستشفي
والنظرات اللي بتشوفها في الناس
من نوعية
يا عيني يا حبيبتي
و عملتي في نفسك ليه

علاقتها بالبيانو
وباقي المرض

معرفش الفيلم اللي اتعمل ايه موقفه من الرواية

بس الرواية من الافضل للرائع باولو

تقراء في كوب شراب دافئ
في الشتاء
هيفرق

:) More...

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Mar 04, 2011

Book rated it:

In the arms of hope, lay the cure of her hidden destructive tendencies.

In my view this was exactly the lesson coded in Veronika decides to die and once again Sir Coelho managed to make me realize another subtle truth of life.

The book starts with Veronika deciding to die, reason? Her senses have ceased to feel anything. Veronika is overwhelmed by a silence that she thinks is normal to feel for a person like her. She believes that for some reason she is not like others as More...

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Apr 19, 2009

Liz rated it:

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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Apr 27, 2011

JoPaul rated it:

Aside from Twilight fever that has been constantly hovering over the minds of teeners, one author that gained fever-height fame and acceptance is Paulo Coelho. It is not surprising to hear people looking for his books because I've read one of them (the Alchemist) and it was a good read, so to speak. So, when my eyes met the cover of this book, I picked it up for a try. But, my plan of scheduling it for a week was reduced into an hour. After painstakingly reading the first two chapters, I succumb More...

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Jan 22, 2011

South Alaskan rated it:

Opowieść o dziewczynie, która postanawia umrzeć. Po nieudanej próbie trafia do szpitala psychiatrycznego, gdzie dowiaduje się, że środki nasenne uszkodziły prawą komorę serca i zostało jej jeszcze 5, 6 dni życia.
J.

ALTER EGO: P.Coelho nie należy do moim faworytów - potwierdziło się to po raz kolejny. Nie najgorsza historia, mniej sprawnie napisana niż Alchemik... i tyle. Najładniejszy w tym wszystkim jest tytuł :-)

Pamiętajmy też, jak dowodzą "myśli" j More...

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Dec 19, 2011

Mohammed rated it:

من أفضل روايات باولو على الإطلاق !

عن نفسي أضعها في المرتبة الثالثة طبعاً .. بعد 11 دقيقة والخيميائي
فيرونيكا .. تجن وتدخل مستشفى المجانين .. تقرر في داخله الموت وتنتظر لحظاته ..

وصف الانتظار ووصف شعور الجنون لدى باولو لم أقرأ له مثيل ..

ما يميّز باولو عن غيره .. أنه لا يغرقك في وصف الأشياء .. الناس الأشكال الظاهر التي تستيطع أن تميزها بعينك المجردة ..

لا !

باولو يغرقك في وصف الشعور الإحساس أعمال القلب كلها .. تتحرك كل عضلات قلبك اليابسة والساكنة More...

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Aug 13, 2011

Fran rated it:

Paulo Coelho is a name most people have heard before, regardless of their amount of interest in books. As an avid reader, I decided that it was about time for me to read one of his books.

Veronika Decides to Die was definitely pleasurable to read. The book wasn't outstanding but it wasn't one I regret reading either. I found Paulo Coelho's narrating style to be very compelling. He managed to lure me in within the first few pages. It was really just because of his impeccable writing t More...

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Dec 07, 2010

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Dec 05, 2008

Reinhold rated it:

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 zwar geret More...

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May 30, 2008

Mansor rated it:

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 روز دیگر می میرد
رونیکا چیزهایی را کشف می کند که پیشتر هرگز به خودش اجازه نداده بود: نفرت، ترس، کنجکاوی، عشق... تجربه اش او را به تدریج به درک این حقیقت وادار می کند که هر ثانیه از زندگی اش، گزینشی میان مرگ و زندگ More...

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May 26, 2008

Yaya rated it:

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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Feb 11, 2008

Tee rated it:

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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