An’s Reviews > The Alchemist > Status Update

Only 39% left. This feels like a really dragged out picture book, just without the pictures and triple the pompous, grown-up voice of reason and fables. There is so much philosophy in here that it should be classified as non-fiction.

I think I'd rather read it in Spanish. The writing is a little too simple, and it's really rather boring. Very predictable, and I have a feeling everything's set up so at the end there's a sickly sweet happy ending, complete with 'and the moral of the story is...' I really thought I'd like this book; I guess I'll get in the spirit of omens and recognize my surprising avoidance to get started as a sign.