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3.5 Stars
The Alchemist is an interesting little spiritual fable. A little bit of several religions have an influence on the journey to enlightenment. Not a whole lot of exposition as the author gets right to the point throughout. It should be a quick read (unless you don't care for it - and I have seen many less than satisfied reviews).
When I read this I was reminded a lot of Siddhartha. I read that one earlier this year so I have it fresh in my brain. Both of them are short novels (novellas, re ...more
The Alchemist is an interesting little spiritual fable. A little bit of several religions have an influence on the journey to enlightenment. Not a whole lot of exposition as the author gets right to the point throughout. It should be a quick read (unless you don't care for it - and I have seen many less than satisfied reviews).
When I read this I was reminded a lot of Siddhartha. I read that one earlier this year so I have it fresh in my brain. Both of them are short novels (novellas, re ...more
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I got off on the wrong foot by the authors self congratulatory foreword and there was little to redeem this book from there.
Somehow it was too rushed and too wordy at the same time. There was a half decent story hidden in all the pretentiousness but if this was longer I would not have finished it.
Edit: After reading some other 2 star books that have many problems but were better than this, I am downgrading this to 1 star.
I got off on the wrong foot by the authors self congratulatory foreword and there was little to redeem this book from there.
Somehow it was too rushed and too wordy at the same time. There was a half decent story hidden in all the pretentiousness but if this was longer I would not have finished it.
Edit: After reading some other 2 star books that have many problems but were better than this, I am downgrading this to 1 star.
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