A review by xchelseajx
Aleph by Paulo Coelho

2.0

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I generally enjoy Paulo Coelho’s books but this one felt different than his others. I found his writing style to be very distracting here… I appreciated the message he was trying to convey but the writing felt really cheesy and his character came across as self-important and somewhat unlikeable. I found his relationship with Hilal to be creepy and extremely unhealthy (borderline toxic at times). The story had no clear plot and I struggled to stay interested. Overall, disappointing. Would not read again.