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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
informative
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:
Complicated
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really wanted to love this book. I have quite a fascination with hippies, 60's counterculture, psychedelics, nomads, pretty much everything this book promised to be about. But unfortunately, the plot was rather thin, the conflict was small and subtle, and it read more like a travelogue than a novel or even interesting memoir. There were definitely some quotable lines and a lot of the standard Coelhoesque spiritual fare that I appreciate, but about 3/4 of the way through I realized I was still waiting for the book to pick up, and it never did. I was disappointed, given that the flapjacket made it seem like it was going to be a book that I would adore.
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
Hem Amsterdam hem de İstanbul’un 60’lı yıllarında geçen bir grup hippie’nin gezi anıları olarak özetleyebilirim kitabı. Hem de kahramanlarımız gerçek hayattan, hatta bir taneai yazarımız Coelho’nun ta kendisi. Evim Amsterdam, vatanım İstanbul’u anlattığı için sevdim ama 3 yıldızdan daha fazla verecek kadar da değil
Se trata del libro más autobiográfico de Paulo Coelho. Un viaje, junto a Karla, una recién conocida, desde Amsterdam hasta Nepal; pero el viaje no empieza hasta casi la mitad del libro, y esa primera mitad se me ha hecho muy tediosa. Cuando comienza a narrar el viaje tiene momentos entretenidos y momentos con mensaje, a su estilo.
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hippie was fine… I didn’t dislike it, but didn’t necessarily enjoy it either.
It was interesting to hear about Paulo’s travels as he searched for enlightenment and inspiration during the hippie movement. Some stories of what Paulo went through were shocking - from experiencing detainment and torture in South America to a stint in “The House of the Rising Sun” to spontaneously journeying to Nepal with a fellow hippie named Karla.
However, for being an autobiographical novel about Coelho’s pursuit of peace and love, I was so shocked at how sterile the writing came across at times. It literally felt like the story was being told from such a tangible distance and with zero emotion or personality… which made it nearly impossible for the reader to form bonds with Paulo and Karla. It just often felt more like Coelho was recounting his life as a hippie with the brevity of sharing the highlights during a dinner party - here are the big stories and ideas but there is a sense of heart and how he was truly feeling throughout that is missing.
Hippie is worth a read if you are interested in the hippie movement, but come in with the expectation that there isn’t much tangible depth.
It was interesting to hear about Paulo’s travels as he searched for enlightenment and inspiration during the hippie movement. Some stories of what Paulo went through were shocking - from experiencing detainment and torture in South America to a stint in “The House of the Rising Sun” to spontaneously journeying to Nepal with a fellow hippie named Karla.
However, for being an autobiographical novel about Coelho’s pursuit of peace and love, I was so shocked at how sterile the writing came across at times. It literally felt like the story was being told from such a tangible distance and with zero emotion or personality… which made it nearly impossible for the reader to form bonds with Paulo and Karla. It just often felt more like Coelho was recounting his life as a hippie with the brevity of sharing the highlights during a dinner party - here are the big stories and ideas but there is a sense of heart and how he was truly feeling throughout that is missing.
Hippie is worth a read if you are interested in the hippie movement, but come in with the expectation that there isn’t much tangible depth.
I am entertained and intrigued by the snapshot image presented in Hippie by Paulo Coelho, but an image is what the book remains. I am left wanting more of a journey and more of a story on the Hippie Trail. On the other hand, I could see it made into a movie for it paints a vivid picture. I walk away with the thought that in this case, it is the journey that matters not the destination.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/04/hippie.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/04/hippie.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
A great autobiography. This book is based on the real events that took place in Coelho’s life and it has brought so much more new information in to light.
The book centers around a trip on the Magic Bus with Coelho and Karla traveling with several other people from Amsterdam to Nepal during the ”hippie” era. With their free love, peace signs, hippie clothes, and flowers in their hair, this book was philosophical and grounded in reality. Though with a sad ending, I was hooked from start to end. The only bit I would have been content with not having in the book was if the other storylines were not there since they didn't have much importance to the plot.
All in all, this was a good book, and at times it made me wish that I was born in the era of the hippeies.
The book centers around a trip on the Magic Bus with Coelho and Karla traveling with several other people from Amsterdam to Nepal during the ”hippie” era. With their free love, peace signs, hippie clothes, and flowers in their hair, this book was philosophical and grounded in reality. Though with a sad ending, I was hooked from start to end. The only bit I would have been content with not having in the book was if the other storylines were not there since they didn't have much importance to the plot.
All in all, this was a good book, and at times it made me wish that I was born in the era of the hippeies.