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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
Paulo Coelho'dan okuduğum üçüncü kitap olduğu için artık kendisinin hep aynı çizgide kitaplar yazdığını söyleyebilirim. Kitabın içinde beni yine etkileyen şeyler vardı; varoluşa, inanca, sevgiye dair. Yazım tekniğini oldukça beğendim, ana karakter ile bir şekilde hayatı kesişmiş herkesin ağzından okuduk yaşananları. Bu açıdan zengin bir kitaptı.
Ruhsal meseleleri bu kadar anlaşılır ve hissedilir yazıyor olması bana çok ilginç geliyor. Zira oldukça soyut bir şeyi akıcı ve anlaşılır yazmak kolay değildir, diye düşünüyorum. Her Coelho okuduğumda keşke şöyle hissedebilsem derken buluyorum kendimi. Ruhumu onun kitaplarındaki gibi terbiye edebilmeyi isterdim.
İki yıldız vermemin sebebi, her kitabında bir nevi aynı şeyi okuyormuş gibi hissetmemdi.
Ruhsal meseleleri bu kadar anlaşılır ve hissedilir yazıyor olması bana çok ilginç geliyor. Zira oldukça soyut bir şeyi akıcı ve anlaşılır yazmak kolay değildir, diye düşünüyorum. Her Coelho okuduğumda keşke şöyle hissedebilsem derken buluyorum kendimi. Ruhumu onun kitaplarındaki gibi terbiye edebilmeyi isterdim.
İki yıldız vermemin sebebi, her kitabında bir nevi aynı şeyi okuyormuş gibi hissetmemdi.
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-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
favorite pages so far: 150-151: "If you can find nothing on which to focus your mind, concentrate on your breathing."... "Sit for a few minutes each day doing nothing..." and "When you're washing up, pray. Be thankful that there are plates to be washed; that means there was food, that you fed someone, that you've lavished care on one or more people, that you cooked and laid the table."
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is the first book from Paulo Coelho that I read and my opinion is a bit split.
I usually avoid his books because they are not for me. But a friend offered to give it to me to read it, and I said to myself, what so. So I started experimenting.
I’ll be honest – I liked the book. It was nice to read.
I usually avoid his books because they are not for me. But a friend offered to give it to me to read it, and I said to myself, what so. So I started experimenting.
I’ll be honest – I liked the book. It was nice to read.
The story follows the complex life of Athena and her transformation from a very pious girl into the “Witch of Portobello“. All this is gathered in the form of interviews by different people, close or not.
I couldn’t find the meaning of this book. For me, it is just a story that the author has presented, because he thought of the idea. However, there is much material in the work to ponder. Alas, I already know who I am, especially from the religious side, and it was just interesting for me to read the ideas of this girl from the point of view of the different characters. It was a nice read but thats all.
I couldn’t find the meaning of this book. For me, it is just a story that the author has presented, because he thought of the idea. However, there is much material in the work to ponder. Alas, I already know who I am, especially from the religious side, and it was just interesting for me to read the ideas of this girl from the point of view of the different characters. It was a nice read but thats all.
Paulo Coelho has written a wonderful, beautiful story of a modern life. It is done through a set of interviews with people who encountered Athena, a young woman who left a lasting impression on all who met her. She is born in Transylvania to an unmarried gypsy woman, and is given away for adoption. She is adopted by a Libanes couple and her first years are spent there. When the war comes, they move to London.
She studies, meets a man, gets married and has a son. But something is missing in her life, so she decides to leave her marriage, take her son and search for something she does not really know what it is. By chance, as so often happens when you let go of controlling things, she comes in contact with people with special gifts. Gifts which are not always explainable. Through a special dance she finds piece and with it comes a search for something higher in life.
Coelho has created a lovely character in Athena, and in her search for something to live for, he contemplates the difficulties of our modern times. Our fear of everything that is not "normal", our lack of understanding for everything that is different. Athena's search for a higher meaning, for the Earth Mother, and for an answer to all her questions, takes her through different countries and different cultures and back to where she was born.
Athena's story is revealed through interviews with people who knew her, or came in contact with her. We understand that at this point something has happened to Athena, but we do not really know until the very end.
It is a beautiful and magic story Coelho tells us. Are we too fixed on material things? Do we forget our mental longing, for something that can fill our souls with the important things in life? He makes you reflect and look for the things around us that we do not always see.
Review from: thecontentreader.blogspot.com
She studies, meets a man, gets married and has a son. But something is missing in her life, so she decides to leave her marriage, take her son and search for something she does not really know what it is. By chance, as so often happens when you let go of controlling things, she comes in contact with people with special gifts. Gifts which are not always explainable. Through a special dance she finds piece and with it comes a search for something higher in life.
Coelho has created a lovely character in Athena, and in her search for something to live for, he contemplates the difficulties of our modern times. Our fear of everything that is not "normal", our lack of understanding for everything that is different. Athena's search for a higher meaning, for the Earth Mother, and for an answer to all her questions, takes her through different countries and different cultures and back to where she was born.
Athena's story is revealed through interviews with people who knew her, or came in contact with her. We understand that at this point something has happened to Athena, but we do not really know until the very end.
It is a beautiful and magic story Coelho tells us. Are we too fixed on material things? Do we forget our mental longing, for something that can fill our souls with the important things in life? He makes you reflect and look for the things around us that we do not always see.
Review from: thecontentreader.blogspot.com
I don't think I can say more than: this was an interesting read.
Athena is many things to many people, a witch, a mystic, a bank worker, a dancer, a crazy woman, a mother, a gypsy ... The picture of Athena unfolds in this novel, told by the people who knew her, who hated her and loved her. It's a beautiful story, invoking the goddess and ripe with the potential of female power, both spiritual, magical, and mundane.
Finally Paulo Coelho redeemed himself with this one! This is a great read - really good book, I liked it a lot. I enjoyed the story, the setting (London!) and the spiritual lessons. Good book. Made me think a lot.
I wish we could give half start. Three seems to low, but it's not quite a four. Anyway, this book was an easy, entertaining read with a lot of great quotes and it definitely gives you some things to think about along the lines of love and spirituality. Definitely recommended to anyone who is curious about it, but I won't be talking it up to strangers and insisting that they read it or anything.