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A review by thmei
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
i want to teach a class on how bad this book is
it’s like reading the bible with far far worse writing, a poorly handled plot, awful, flat characters, and ten times the amount of fallacies. i may not be christian but damn at least the bible is a good read with some banger quotes
it’s like reading the bible with far far worse writing, a poorly handled plot, awful, flat characters, and ten times the amount of fallacies. i may not be christian but damn at least the bible is a good read with some banger quotes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Sexism
don’t exactly know how to tag this but there were several parts that had that air of the kind of spiritual person who believes poor people would stop being poor if they just wanted to hard enough, ppl with cancer would stop having cancer if they stopped thinking negatively, etc and it left a really bad taste in my mouth (for reference i am spiritual and have no qualms with manifestation but this is an extreme that i believe is harmful and small-minded and unnervingly prevalent in self-help like the alchemist)