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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
5.0
adventurous challenging emotional 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: Yes

This is Quite Unlike Anything I Have Read Before 

It's the story of Siddatha and his journey towards enlightenment whilst as a vehicle to share with the reader something of the Buddhist philosophy and invites us to reasess our own life. 

I certainly came away with a renewed perspective on humankind's relationship with the natural world and our place within it. I am also going to try and meditate to centre myself more easily. 

I don't think I would have attempted a text this were it were it not for Audrey's beautiful multimedia guide to add extra context and explain things along the way. I was also reading with a small group again so we could bounce ideas off each other and makes the text less intimidating and more enjoyable. 

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