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Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption (P.S.)
by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author!)
LINDA's review
Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption (P.S.) by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author!)
LINDA's review
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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 she realizes that she should have been more open to feelings, and more importantly life itself.
As with the Alchemist, I read it with a pencil in hand. Below are several of the most poignant parts that I had underlined.
"But humans are all alike, she thought. We have replaced nearly all of our emotions with fear."
"Veronika did a her mother asked, sure that her mother had enough experience of life to understand reality. She finished her studies, went to university, got a good degree, b...more
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 she realizes that she should have been more open to feelings, and more importantly life itself.
As with the Alchemist, I read it with a pencil in hand. Below are several of the most poignant parts that I had underlined.
"But humans are all alike, she thought. We have replaced nearly all of our emotions with fear."
"Veronika did a her mother asked, sure that her mother had enough experience of life to understand reality. She finished her studies, went to university, got a good degree, b...more
