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THE ALCHEMIST: A FABLE ABOUT FOLLOWING YOUR DREAM

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 : THE ALCHEMIST: A FABLE ABOUT FOLLOWING YOUR DREAM
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060533779
ISBN: 0060533773
Label: HarperCollins Publishers
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers




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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - comes to just one word. 'yourself'
I loved this book. It took months to actually get into the book, i heard about it, and tried reading it, but gave up. But with a free afternoon, i sat down and opened up something deep down inside. Beautiful book, beautiful story. Where someone actually got to write down the words of feeling deep within someone it can take a life time to understand. A book for life..



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Probably the best Story ever Written.........
I love Paolo Coelho's narrative style........
his writing is not just simple but it also has some humor........
this book is such a nice book.....
and GOD BLESS for such a SUPERB Ending!!!!!!!
probably one of the best ENDINGS a BOOK can EVER HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Personal believes does not make universal truths!
The main theme--'Everyone has a Personal Legend, when one wants it badly enough, the universe will conspire to help one achieve it.' It's insprational reading. But according to the book, that was not just an idea, but a law. That--is very hard for most readers to agree to.



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - New-agey, self-help twaddle
There isn't anything in this book that you couldn't get from the output of any number of self-help "gurus". First, the author couldn't even just have a plot being about following one's dream, calling, etc; it had to be one's "Personal Legend" (complete with initial caps). Second, the metaphysics doesn't have anything that one couldn't get from Obi-Wan Kenobi's take on the Force. Third, the characters are one-dimensional. One doesn't get the sense of the shepherd being driven by something, despite the fact that his leaving the seminary in order to herd sheep is motivated by wanderlust. Finally, the plot itself is contrived at many points. For example, the idea of a former seminary student and shepherd making a success of himself as a merchant.



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - painfully uninspiring
I cannot understand why so many people like this book. I guess there's more hunger for tired cliches than I had expected. The main character lacks any character flaws and is so obnoxiously virtuous that he is difficult to relate to. The story is mildly entertaining until the end when it veers into the ridiculous.




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