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sofiazee's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
rosalind's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
miss_nasimiyu's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
rock_hyrax's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
oxnard_montalvo's review against another edition
5.0
"Discovered" this book while staying with a friend in Cheltenham. Her mother was a linguist and her bookshelves were full of Russian phrasebooks and Esperanto dictionaries. This was one of the few that looked novelish and rather mysterious with the green cover, no embellishments to trick you into thinking it'll be good. Just itself. My friend and I flicked through and decided we ought to memorize some of the more poetic segments on passion, in order to woo men (or boys rather... we were 16 and working with what was available to us). Started out reading it for purely silly and frivolous reasons, but it became something more over time. Something to be savoured for different reasons. Something that ages and changes as I age and change.
(Lebanon)
(Lebanon)
trin's review against another edition
1.0
When I was a bookseller, there was a period of...years, I'm fairly sure, in which an older guy would come in every few weeks and corner me -- only me; not any of my male or older female coworkers; just me, the young woman in her 20s -- and talk at me about The Prophet. It was life-changing; I had to read it -- see, here he was, buying another copy for another friend. He even repeatedly offered, then insisted he would buy me a copy, which I declined. Finally after one of these refusals -- like, I swear, at least my twentieth -- he got really huffy and said fine! He would not return and buy any more copies of The Prophet from our establishment!
The fact that he made actual purchases being among the reasons that my boss never intervened when this man was preventing me from escaping the spirituality section, I was like, okay! Like sorry you feel that way, but if you insist.
Several months later he was back, buying The Prophet again.
Anyway, I never read this book then because that man was creepy and also I knew I wouldn't like it. I could tell it was not a me sort of book.
Having, after all these years, just had to read it for my current job: I am blessed with deep self-knowledge. This was not for me.
And yet also -- that was it? All of that fuss for this? It is such a nothing burger.
Stuff a stoned guy who thinks he's really smart says to you at a bad party, accompanied by subpar William Blake fanart. There's not even an attempt at the structure of a fable; it's just some dude rambling.
I guess I can see why the man from the bookstore identified so strongly with this book. By the end I could almost feel the spirituality section's shelves digging into my back.
The fact that he made actual purchases being among the reasons that my boss never intervened when this man was preventing me from escaping the spirituality section, I was like, okay! Like sorry you feel that way, but if you insist.
Several months later he was back, buying The Prophet again.
Anyway, I never read this book then because that man was creepy and also I knew I wouldn't like it. I could tell it was not a me sort of book.
Having, after all these years, just had to read it for my current job: I am blessed with deep self-knowledge. This was not for me.
And yet also -- that was it? All of that fuss for this? It is such a nothing burger.
Stuff a stoned guy who thinks he's really smart says to you at a bad party, accompanied by subpar William Blake fanart. There's not even an attempt at the structure of a fable; it's just some dude rambling.
I guess I can see why the man from the bookstore identified so strongly with this book. By the end I could almost feel the spirituality section's shelves digging into my back.
emma_reader2003's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
unknownlegend's review against another edition
Didn’t like listening to this as an audiobook but resonated with it a lot, going to get my hands on a paper copy!
zannmato's review against another edition
5.0
I wish I could take on the message so clearly inherent in the book. I wish we all could. The poem reads like a sermon on the mount - I doubt I am the first to make this comparison - but the message comes through unfiltered despite the poetic language that threatens to be so highly interpretable. On some level, I am aware that these observations coupled with advice on a life well and worth living are but dreams, but doesn't my reaction reveal a need for such things to be real or even possible?
This deserves another read, but I don't think I'm ready for another so soon. I'll take what I can and meditate on it further; it's all I feel capable of doing at the moment.
This deserves another read, but I don't think I'm ready for another so soon. I'll take what I can and meditate on it further; it's all I feel capable of doing at the moment.