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The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

3.62 AVERAGE

caesar2014's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

skossen's review against another edition

2.5

fast-paced

jsttylr's review against another edition

4.0

Good enough that I finished in one sitting (with a small break for dinner.)

thesafasaga's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring 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: No

I first read this book in either middle or high school. I had been going through a phase of being obsessed with stories about alchemy and picked up just about every book that had the word alchemist on it. This one I found at the flea market and its still the only copy I've read from. Every time I re-read this book, I somehow have completely forgotten the story and get to discover it again and again. I can't ready say how many times I've read it or why I love it so much but I'm very glad to have the chance to discover it countless times because of my poor memory. Its an absolutely wonderful book to start the year with.

bookedbykay's review against another edition

2.0

2.5/5 stars | i'll listen to this book and follow my heart, and my heart is saying this book is very overhyped. its essentially a self help book but disguised as a fictional story. it started off enthralling and i wanted to see what happens but by the end it was just so repetitive. idk, maybe if i read this when i was a teenager it would be more impactful but reading this now it was just meh.