28.2k reviews for:

L'Alchimista

Paulo Coelho

3.62 AVERAGE

il_ili's review against another edition

4.0

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Amazing.
The ending was exceptionally phenomenal.

alvamalmstrom's review against another edition

3.0

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Kändes som en barnbok för kristna ungar, mysig, men lite off.

bigrych816's review against another edition

3.0

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"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."

atstolt's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

klm_mpls's review against another edition

2.0

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This is an all-time-favorite of one of my very best friends. Sorry, but I thought it was hokey too preachy.

chalopf's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aaron_crews_como's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Great message - the world will be better when we acknowledge that we must be better to make it so. Don't settle. Don't give up.

k_devin's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

meagan1230's review against another edition

3.75

hopeful inspiring relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hannahbul's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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So, I really enjoyed the philosophical bits to the story, and relate to the fool’s journey of it all.  The main message/takeaway that I got was that we are all capable of self-improvement. We can all better ourselves in one way or another, and that that up-levelling will saturate your surroundings and kind of elevate everything around you. It kind of reminded me of the song “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus lol. Like - there’s always gonna be an uphill battle, I’m always gonna wanna make it mooove. Etc etc. and, I think that’s a great perspective to carry through life.  

I would love to read more books that share this theme pretty closely, but that maybe centres a woman’s perspective and personal journey. Or one that spans across different people’s personal journeys. Making it more intersectional and showing our connectedness through multiple points of views.