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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
Seperti buku-buku Coelho yang lain, bacanya ga bisa sengebut kalo baca novel-novel fiksi. Seperti biasa banyak quote-quote bagus dari Mr. Coelho ini. Hampir mirip sama Alchemist yang menceritakan perjalanan hidup, The Zahir juga menceritakan perjalanan hidup seorang laki-laki setelah ditinggal istrinya. Gimana dia jadi memaknai hidup setelah istrinya pergi, dan menemukan hal-hal yang sebelumnya gak dia sadari, gimana berartinya istrinya itu sebenernya yang juga ga dia sadari sebelumnya. Pengen nge-rate 3,5 cuma ga bisa sih. Buat saya buku ini bagus, cuma ga bagus banget..
My wife read this a couple years ago and realy spoke highly of it, so I have finaly picked it up. We'll see how it goes...
This is the first book I picked up from him. I think I may want to pick up more. I liked it, but I don't know why. Easy read. I like the author's voice. Didn't necessarily like the story-interesting concept, well developed characters, but it just didn't grab me like I hoped it would. I haven't read any of his other books, but I've picked up some of them before, and it almost seemed like the author inserted bits of himself and some of his other books into this story-i.e. when the fictional author was talking about some of the books he wrote it sounded like one of the ones he was talking about was The Alchemist. I'm just not familiar with his other works to really tell. I love the author's voice though-the author has a gift for storytelling. Lots and lots of good quotes in this book too. Favourite passage:
"Marie, let’s suppose that two firemen go into a forest to put out a small fire. Afterward, when they emerge and go over to a stream, the face of one is all smeared with black, while the other man’s face is completely clean. My question is this: which of the two will wash his face?"
"That’s a silly question. The one with the dirty face of course."
"No, the one with the dirty face will look at the other man and assume that he looks like him. And, vice versa, the man with the clean face will see his colleague covered in grime and say to himself: I must be dirty too. I’d better have a wash."
"What are you trying to say?"
"I’m saying that, during the time I spent in the hospital, I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent or self-confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me thinking that they were worse than they were. Please, don’t let that happen to you." (pg. 152)
"Marie, let’s suppose that two firemen go into a forest to put out a small fire. Afterward, when they emerge and go over to a stream, the face of one is all smeared with black, while the other man’s face is completely clean. My question is this: which of the two will wash his face?"
"That’s a silly question. The one with the dirty face of course."
"No, the one with the dirty face will look at the other man and assume that he looks like him. And, vice versa, the man with the clean face will see his colleague covered in grime and say to himself: I must be dirty too. I’d better have a wash."
"What are you trying to say?"
"I’m saying that, during the time I spent in the hospital, I came to realize that I was always looking for myself in the women I loved. I looked at their lovely, clean faces and saw myself reflected in them. They, on the other hand, looked at me and saw the dirt on my face and, however intelligent or self-confident they were, they ended up seeing themselves reflected in me thinking that they were worse than they were. Please, don’t let that happen to you." (pg. 152)
This was a somewhat weighty, intense read. There is no way to rush through Coelho's books. Often, I find myself deliberately slowing down, going back to reread a passage, or reading soemthing out loud; even only reading a little at a time in an attempt to really absorb and understand the words and content. There were parts of this I really enjoyed, and felt like I should be quoting or remembering, and there were parts that were just okay. Overall, not a bad read, but it's best to save this one for when you have some time and attention to dedicate to the novel.
The book starts off well, written in a different manner by Paulo Coelho. But, somewhere you start thinking that the book is a bit lengthy and the story goes slow which automatically results in skipping pages. The book felt to be interesting but the graph went down as I read further.
All the lessons are actually revealed in the last pages.
The book is recommended to those who want a book for casual reading.
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Individual Rating - 2/5
All the lessons are actually revealed in the last pages.
The book is recommended to those who want a book for casual reading.
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Individual Rating - 2/5
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