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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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jjhatton's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A

4.5

enjoyed the flow of this book. Think I should read it again when I'm not mid revision in order to take it in more

sork's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5
the author's description style and the themes were fun to explore, I was captivated for the first 25 pages but after that everything started to get repetitive. The same sentiments were being shared repeatedly with the same formatting and it sucked the joy right out of the read.

lisalotte's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

michinio's review against another edition

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5.0

ეხლა რომ წარვიკითხო არ ვარ დარწმუნებული, რომ ისევ ისე მომეწონება, როგორც ადრე, მაგრამ ნებისმიერ შემთხვევაში ფაქტი ერთია - ეს არაა უბრალოდ დაწერილი მოთხრობა, ლექსი, ნაშრომი, სტატია, ტრაქტატი - ეს რაღაც სხვაა, რომელსაც შეუძლია ისეთ სიმს გამოკრას თითი (თუ წინადადება), რომელიც რიგითი გონებრივი ტალღების მიღმაა, რომელიც უფრო ნამდვილია, ვიდრე "ნმადვილი მე" და რომლის რეზონანსიც რელიქტური გამოსხივების დიაპაზონში ვიბრირებს.

itme_mari0's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

ed_moore's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ is a short but really intense book which I struggled to rate and review. It is just a series of small observations on aspects of life such as eating, death, friendship or giving, and makes some nice philosophical points but isn’t particularly engaging in formula. A man called Al-Mustafa is about to leave Orphalese and speaks to a group of people who just vaguely ask them about their area, for example a merchant goes “tell me about buying and selling” or a priest asks “tell me about prayer” and Mustafa will reply with an observation for 2-5 minutes. These were all good natured and valuable but as highlighted in the introduction due to the book being made of Gibran’s years of thoughts, it only speaks the answers rather than offering the roots and reasoning that brought him there, hence can seem very direct and uninspired in places. I felt there would be a lot more payoff if we heard of this journey in thinking. It was no means bad and as mention has value as a short read, but was really expecting the satisfaction and awakening that Hesse’s ‘Siddhartha’ gave me, but this was far more basic hence far from the case.