tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post8568586229298871773..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-34747715897267403852015-01-19T14:32:53.942-06:002015-01-19T14:32:53.942-06:00Thank you for that comment. I think your first par...Thank you for that comment. I think your first paragraph expresses what many people who love the book think, and your second paragraph expresses much more eloquently than i did my reservations about it. Perhaps it has something to do with the stage of life one is in when one reads it. Anyway, I'm afraid I'll just have to continue to be perplexed about its popularity.<br /><br />I'll check out your review of <i>Fifth Mountain</i>. Maybe I'll add it to my TBR list.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-18109350823819981032015-01-19T14:14:07.597-06:002015-01-19T14:14:07.597-06:00Dorothy,
I read The Alchemist in Spanish many time...Dorothy,<br />I read The Alchemist in Spanish many times years ago and I thought it was beautiful (philosophical and comes full circle a-la classical myths). What I used to like the most was the sense of destiny and how everything that you truly desired became possible once you fully accepted it. <br />I read it recently with the purpose of reviewing it and my perspective had changed completely. There are references to myths that are neither fully explored nor they fully work when inserted in the story. I don't like books that try to manipulate me into thinking that something is "beautiful" just because the author says so; in other words, you do your work as an author at describing something and I decide as a reader whether I think that's indeed beautiful. That said, I assigned 4/5 to the book for all time sake.<br />I happen to think his Fifth Mountain is a far superior book to The Alchemist; unfortunately, it hasn't received the attention it deserves. I reviewed it too if you want to check it out.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com