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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Incredible This was the first Paulo Coelho book that I bought, and I picked it up out of boredom in an airplane - by the time my flight landed 12 hours later I had read the book twice, I just couldn't put it down. I've probably bought about 6 copies of it since - I just want everyone I know to read it! Highly recommended (in my opinion, the best Coelho book)
Great introduction, disappointing story The introduction to the book is wonderfully written about the spiritual importance of love "True love is an act of total surrender" and "To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God." It really whetted my appetite for the main story. However I felt the main story never really engaged me and I almost didn't care if the two main characters ended up being together or not. The main character is Pilar, a young Spanish woman who has settled for seeking the... more info
Simple story in the shadow of the Alchemist The story is simple, a girl gets a call from a child hood friend who is now in the seminary, to attend his lecture. She meets him and the bonding gets strengthened, then she comes to know that he has the ability to create miracles and cure people. But he is torn between his love for her and his responsibility towards fellow humans. By the time she decides to support him in his role, he gives up his ability to be with her. So she runs away from him and writes the story sitting in front of the river Piedra.... more info
That which we deny!!! I've just read it after wanting more of Paulo Coelho since reading the Alchemist... I wasn't disappointed at all. The trials and tribulation of Pilar was all too real for me. I've just recommended the book to someone who has been the object of my frustration for the last few years and hope that he will be inspired after reading the book and find the courage to make 'it' happen. All too often we live as what we feel is expected of us and not discover the true essence of our being. We deny the... more info
