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The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Start date: March 6, 2023

Finish date: May 1, 2023

Discussion: Novels

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Nov 22, 2021 yare rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: need-to-reread, own-and-read, read-asap, 2025-to-read

3.5 stars me thinks;

i'm gonna try to read the spanish version soon, good practice also i wanna see how different the versions are 👍🏽 ...more

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Jan 26, 2021 th. rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2021, re-read

It felt like Allah wants me to reread this to soothe my disappointment with the Return of the Young Prince 🥴 this felt like what RYP wanted to be but failed to.

Obviously I’m not smart enough to understand everything that is going on but I’ll be talking about it with a fellow friend of mine so I might redo this review after. (Esp bcs I highlighted m & wrote notes haha)

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Sep 01, 2021 Antoinette rated it liked it

:::Note: Enjoyed the book through an audiobook read by Jeremy Irons:::

The book presents interesting ideas, views and bits of knowledge something about it didn't pull me in completely. There was considerable chunks of the book I listened with fascination and then - well it either lost me or went on a tangent, which I found pointless.
At times it to me, personal opinion expressed here, got even a bit too preachy with the messaging and left me deeply disinterested. I guess the long listening time d ...more

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