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kaskasake's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
madlenka's review against another edition
4.0
Recenze: http://ineedstoriestolive.blogspot.cz/2014/12/znepokojive-skutecny-souboj-mezi-dobrem.html
caltho's review
3.0
3 - 3.5? this was leagues better than the alchemist i dont understand why that one is popular i hate it, this however surprised me. like ngl i thought that the stranger would actually be proven right also chantal my girlie
bewithjitendra's review against another edition
4.0
Overall: 4/5
Feeling: Inspired for life.
Recommend: Friends and Families.
This book is all about good and evil and below quotes from the book should enforce it:
“About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.”
The story begins in a mountain town named Viscos in France with 281 inhabitants. Everything was going smooth as most of the inhabitants were old, loyal and generous. One day a rich stranger named Carlos with approx 22Kg of gold enters the town and approaches the youngest girl of the town named Chantal Prym for a bet. The bet was to inform other inhabitants that if someone turns up murdered in the next 7 days, he would give all his gold to these 281 inhabitants which can help multiple generations and coming. Things start to get ugly when inhabitants like Mayor, Priest, etc start discussing the murder. With lots of beautiful short stories unfolding the book ends with the question still unanswered "If Humanity is Good or Evil?".
Few quotes I liked from the book is as follows:
"You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek to suffer in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness."
“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”
“Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.”
"Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him."
“There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.”
“Love, too, was just a question of time”.
--Cheers
.- Happy Reading -.
Feeling: Inspired for life.
Recommend: Friends and Families.
This book is all about good and evil and below quotes from the book should enforce it:
“About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.”
The story begins in a mountain town named Viscos in France with 281 inhabitants. Everything was going smooth as most of the inhabitants were old, loyal and generous. One day a rich stranger named Carlos with approx 22Kg of gold enters the town and approaches the youngest girl of the town named Chantal Prym for a bet. The bet was to inform other inhabitants that if someone turns up murdered in the next 7 days, he would give all his gold to these 281 inhabitants which can help multiple generations and coming. Things start to get ugly when inhabitants like Mayor, Priest, etc start discussing the murder. With lots of beautiful short stories unfolding the book ends with the question still unanswered "If Humanity is Good or Evil?".
Few quotes I liked from the book is as follows:
"You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek to suffer in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness."
“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”
“Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.”
"Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him."
“There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.”
“Love, too, was just a question of time”.
--Cheers
.- Happy Reading -.
romantizada's review
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
ron7's review
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
lammerman's review against another edition
3.0
http://lhubert3.blogspot.com/2009/01/devil-and-miss-prym.html
lmurillo3's review against another edition
3.0
Me ha gustado mucho este libro para ser sincera. Para mi describe muy bien de que el ser humano es bueno y malo. No todo ser humano va a ser siempre bueno y siempre malo. Hay algunos que no hasta escogen serlos, sino es el hecho de que algo muy, como decirlo, traumático les ha sucedido para que ellos hayan cambiado su forma de ser y de pensar, y eso es exactamente lo que sucedió en este libro. A veces nosotros tendemos a tomar decisiones erróneas y pones de excusa que sólo lo hacemos porque el bien de los demás cuando realmente es como un tipo de venganza que nosotros queremos transmitir.
En este caso la señorita Prym, a mi parecer, con todo lo que ella hizo lo único que ella buscaba era su propio beneficio. Esta bien, ella logró salvar a la señora Berta pero ella no lo hizo porque sentía un cariño hacia la señora, sino que ella de todo esto era la que saldría ganando.
A mi me ha dejado una reflexión muy grande. Ya todos decimos ser unos santos cuando en realidad nadie es verdaderamente un santo, todos tenemos ese, por decirlo, "demonio" adentro hacemos daños a personas que no debemos pero como siempre tenemos una excusa para todo.
Mi ha gustado aunque con en todo libro de este autor me demoro más de lo debido en leerlo.
En este caso la señorita Prym, a mi parecer, con todo lo que ella hizo lo único que ella buscaba era su propio beneficio. Esta bien, ella logró salvar a la señora Berta pero ella no lo hizo porque sentía un cariño hacia la señora, sino que ella de todo esto era la que saldría ganando.
A mi me ha dejado una reflexión muy grande. Ya todos decimos ser unos santos cuando en realidad nadie es verdaderamente un santo, todos tenemos ese, por decirlo, "demonio" adentro hacemos daños a personas que no debemos pero como siempre tenemos una excusa para todo.
Mi ha gustado aunque con en todo libro de este autor me demoro más de lo debido en leerlo.
enelya's review against another edition
3.0
Sem o sabor e a magia do Paulo Coelho dos velhos tempos. Foi o último livro que li do autor e não deixou qualquer marca emocional de relevo.