The Alchemist - Review
Link to the author's (P. Coelho) personal website
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Publication Type: Book
Tags:
- Average Age of Main Characters (20)
- Length (3 / 10)
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Blurb: The Alchemist is the story of Santiago, an Audalusian shepherd boy who travels in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.
The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches readers, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and above all, following their dreams.
Review: I have read this book twice. Once when I was about 17, and another time when I was about 22. I can barely remember anything about it. I remember slightly enjoying it. I remember being a bit confused at times. It must have been good enough to merit being read again. Yet I remember only a vague premise of a circular and enlightening adventure. I have no plans to give the book a third shot, and cannot rationally recommend it, though acknowledge that there must be something of quality inside.