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The Archer

Paulo Coelho

3.46 AVERAGE

spike247's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aszalea's review against another edition

3.5

informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

watsoncrenshaw's review against another edition

2.0

Firstly, I’m embarrassed to say I had absolutely no clue Paulo Coelho was still alive (let alone writing books!), and for some reason I thought the Alchemist (which I loved) was written a very long time ago (it was actually released in the 90s…whoops). That being said, I thought the Archer was another one of his older books and was surprised and excited when I saw it was released in 2020.

The book started off really fascinating. I enjoyed the original storyline that only lasted a few pages, before the book dove into small paragraphs, lots of white space, and metaphors. Some of the metaphors were very thought-provoking and beautiful, but mostly I was confused about the context in which I was supposed to be comprehending them. Maybe I’m not smart enough to fully grasp each one, but even some of the ones I did understand were a tad cliche.

I will say the illustrations and layout of the book were absolutely beautiful, and were what led me to buy the book in the first place. However, just because a book is beautiful, doesn’t mean it’s any good (looking at you influencer-wanna-be-poets….). I don’t plan on rereading this book anytime soon, so back to the bookstore it goes tomorrow! Thankful I kept the receipt.

mariaellen's review against another edition

4.0

Grabbed this beautiful little book from the half price books free bin simply because the design and illustrations were so striking. This is the story of a man who used to be renowned for his archery but has retired, he ends up recounting the way of the bow to a young boy who wishes to learn and the book ends up being a collection of essentially “proverbs” that relate to archery but apply to life. It’s one of those books that is beautiful and many passages are useful while others are not. It’s a subjective book for many different people.