Reviews

The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho

tempo789's review

reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

lorenadale's review

5.0

honestly didn’t expect it to be this good but it was

dolcezzina21's review

5.0

A story about the nature of human beings. Are we inherently evil, good, or a mixture of the two? And how does temptation and fear fit into who we are? Wow. Intense story. Skillfully told. Flickers a memory of Stephen King's "Needful Things", contains a similar story to that of the Twilight Zone episode "The Hunt", and explores a common theme in the TV show "LOST", but still it succeeds as its own wondrous tale, all too human and all too frightening. Leaves you pondering life's biggest questions...

trisha_thomas's review

1.0

"So then I thought up my own game. I would go to some remote place, where everyone looked on life with joy, peace and compassion, and I would see if I could make the people break a few of the Ten Commandments."

[a:Paulo Coelho|566|Paulo Coelho|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1201840056p2/566.jpg] and I don't have a good history together. I can see the message in his stories. I don't think it's subtle or simple. I actually think the message can be powerful and beautiful. But I just can't seem to get into them.

This one didn't read like a story, but more like....a parable? a fable? Meh. Either way, I think a nice warm day on vacation was possibly not the best time to grab it. It just didn't seem to fit my mood.

therealslimkady's review

inspiring mysterious

3.75

duecfu's review

3.0

I thought the beginning was great thematically.
- Inability to take a stand, cowardice and fear force collective mindset
- Active conversation prediction and analysis

Middle section had religious themes of conflict between good and evil. Overly convoluted in prose yet failed to convey much. Interesting point that cowardice is innately evil.

Ending was uneventful.

ldv's review

3.0

Reminds me of a modern day Nathaniel Hawthorne, with its superstitions, devil incarnate infiltrating a village where some of the main characters are the priest, the mayor, the hotel lady and the landowner -- very ubiquitos titles. Rather explicit, at times, in its discussion of good and evil, and seems to work off some different concepts of God and origins of evil than I have. Interesting nonetheless.

sunelle_c's review against another edition

3.0

I found this book fascinating. A simple story about the fight between good and bad. And I wondered what I would have done if I had been presented with the proposal the main character was given.

amb3rlina's review

3.0

This is a book that I'm sure I'll appreciate more once I've had a chance to discuss it. The whole story rests on an ethical choice and it's consequences and I think through those types of questions better when I'm talking out loud. Great premise and well written. It felt much the same as the Alchemist to me, that there were pearls of wisdom dripping from everyone's tongues every time they opened their mouth, but they didn't necessarily add up to a whole lot of meat by the time it was all said and done.

franxieturnspages's review against another edition

4.0

L i n d o, como sempre. Não irá parar à minha lista dos favoritos mas é, com certeza, dos melhores "romances religiosos" que já li.