568 reviews for:

The Archer

Paulo Coelho

3.46 AVERAGE

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orangegarage's review

5.0
hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

Love the Taoistic and Buddhist influences! It’s always interesting to read how Paulo’s characters develop when they look inside, and for themselves in the wide world. 

“If you never take a risk, you’ll never know what changes you have to make.” 
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stephtvd's review

inspiring fast-paced

A nice book containing thoughtful ideas about how to live life.

It’s kinda what I expected from Paulo Coelho after reading The Alchemist. I liked the illustrations. A bit more plot would’ve been nice, because as he said himself “what I have told you might perhaps be words of inspiration, but they will make sense only if you experience them yourself.” Let me experience them through some plot? But I guess I’ll go live my life and experience them myself

Drivel.
I'm really glad it was short. And that I got it from the library rather than purchasing it. The Washington Post put it best "I have no idea what that arrow was aiming for, but somehow it seems to have impaled Jonathan Livingston Seagull."
It is worth enduring The Archer just so you can enjoy this critique fully https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/archer-coelho-book-review/2020/11/11/53bc1984-238d-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html

Verrassend boekje.
1. Het is geen verhaal over een meester, het zijn meester-lessen uit 'het leven van de boog' .
2. Illustraties van de hand van Christoph Niemann vullen elke andere pagina.

Veel lezen is er dus niet aan. Je bent er zo door.

Het is wel aangenaam lezen, gezien de levenslessen van de meester met heel zuiver en consistent in de analogie van boogschieten worden gebracht. De man kan schrijven. De illustraties zijn ook zeer mooi.

Iets te weinig beklijvend om het 4/5 (aanrader) te geven, maar wel leuk hebbeding.
informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I enjoyed this because it read like a big metaphor and the fact that I can apply it to different things.

Archery here is just a metaphor on how to live