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Veronika Decides to Die

Paulo Coelho

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Jul 25, 2009 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it liked it

Shelves: death, women-s-fiction

How's this as an idea for a book?
A young, beautiful woman decides
life is not worth living and
attempts suicide. She does not
die, however; unfortunately, her
suicide attempt has weakened her
heart...she will only live for
another week.

I liked the idea for the book
much better than I liked the book
itself. The story, to me, simply
seemed to be a device the author
used to make his points about
The Meaning of Life.
...more

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Sep 02, 2010 MichelleCH rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, 1001, group-reads

For me this book was about conforming to social norms and how we act and feel in our day to day lives to fit into what society prescribes. Veronika, a librarian (an awesome job I would imagine!), decides to commit suicide but luckily fails and ends up in an institution for the mentally ill. As she is 'treated' by the hospital's head physician she encounters other patients who are all looking for, but seldom finding, their place in the world.

I loved the dialogue and the opportunity that her 'ill ...more

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Mar 20, 2023 Antonio Gallo rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: identità, bibliomania, comunicazione, in-italiano, autore, narrativa, scienza, psycho, vita, mente

Veronika decide di morire è un romanzo del 1999 scritto da Paulo Coelho. Si tratta di una storia sulla vita e la morte, sulla ricerca della felicità e sulla scelta di vivere una vita piena e significativa. Il protagonista, Veronika, decide di morire dopo aver scoperto che la sua vita è priva di significato. Si ritrova presso un ospedale psichiatrico e, attraverso le esperienze che vi fa, impara a prendersi cura di se stessa e a scoprire la bellezza della vita. Il libro è diventato un bestseller ...more

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Nov 20, 2012 Annie rated it it was ok

Shelves: world-in-80-books-2013, 1001-read

Judging by the reviews, this is a divisive novel. I neither loved nor hated it, but I was not impressed. The basic premise and setting seemed quite promising, but the characters never came alive for me. At times, it felt more like reading pop psychology case studies on depression, anxiety and schizophrenia than a complex novel by an acclaimed novelist. Predictable, simplistic, and disappointing.

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