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The Zahir

Paulo Coelho

3.3 AVERAGE


A book about a journey, about getting to know yourself and how you effect those around you. Loved it.
inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Verzameling huis-tuin-en-keuken-wijsheden over de liefde en het leven door een auteur die zichzelf net even iets te geweldig vindt.

Geschikt voor mensen die wat willen 'leren' van een boek - lezen is immers leerzaam - maar niet willen moeten nadenken over het boek om de les eruit te halen, maar er ook geen bezwaar tegen hebben om door te lezen terwijl het boek eigenlijk niet interessant is - je door een boek heen worstelen hoort er immers bij.

Mur interesante la temรกtica, aunque un poco lenta la trama.
reflective sad

โ€œ๐’ฎ๐“Š๐’ป๐’ป๐‘’๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘œ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐“Š๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“Œ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“…๐‘’๐‘œ๐“…๐“๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“Œ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“‚๐’ถ๐‘”๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ท๐‘’ ๐“๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐’น, ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“๐’น ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐’ป๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“‰๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป- ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘’๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‚๐“‚๐‘’๐“๐‘’๐’น, ๐‘”๐“Š๐’พ๐’น๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Š๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’พ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’น๐“‡๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Š๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ.โ€

The Zahir, which means โ€œthe obviousโ€ or โ€œconspicuousโ€ in Arabic, is a story about love, loss, and obsession. Although the ending is far from what I expected or wanted it to be, I like how this book has conveyed many thought-provoking insights about marriage, life, and happiness. Truly, it is a sad reality that people donโ€™t realize what they have until itโ€™s gone. The more reason we should never take love for granted. 
adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

Really path to love is finding and speaking with your own soul.

what a load of bullshit.... what a disappoint. ugh. NEXT!

Possibly my favorite Coelho work. The idea of the Zahir has stayed with me in the years since.
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Definitely one of Coelhoโ€™s better works, in my opinion. I have always liked his way of writing and narrating stories, even if the ending of this one was bland.
Coincidentally, Iโ€™ve been anxiously waiting to read this piece, but began reading during a strange time of my life, and it turned out to be exactly what I needed. Everything comes at their right time, indeed.