28.2k reviews for:

De alchemist

Paulo Coelho

3.62 AVERAGE

kurtmong's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ree87's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

finnch4's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

mahojellyfish's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

heartleesa's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring

allthewildthings's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

miller49's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

greenek3's review against another edition

3.25

slow-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I found the first half interesting, but it lost me in the second half. The religious themes get laid on much thicker at the end. It was fun to have Scar (Jeremy Irons) read this to me.

spruce_of_bruce's review against another edition

5.0

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What a lovely way to tell a beautiful story. Loved it.

komalkaurdosanjh's review against another edition

4.0

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Though some complain of Coelho's prose, I liked it. His fable-like descriptions were perfect as they provided enough information without being tedious, though at times it was awkward. The problem I had was with the amount of life-lessons he squeezed into such a short book. There was just too much philosophy, to the point where I wasn't really thinking about it close to the end.