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Paige (428 KP) rated The Alchemist in Books

Aug 19, 2017  
The Alchemist
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho | 1993 | Fiction & Poetry
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A book for a particular audience
If someone tells me they love this book, I pretty immediately assume that they don't read for pleasure. This book was really made for people who think reading is like medicine, and it strives to be the best-tasting medicine. It is short, vaguely inspirational, uses simple language, and tailored to make you feel wiser after reading it.

In this way, the book is a success.


For readers who are more well-read, all this comes across as a not unpleasant, but not groundbreaking attempt at making capital L literature. It kind of drones, and seems a bit twee and trite.


If you think of books as vitamins (good for you, but a pain to procure and consume) then this book is the most delicious version of that.