Sunday 11 January 2009

The Alchemist


the secret of this book is simple, it IS simple, but Coelho used several historical events, stories and combined them into one, a smart move, the book is inspirational on a certain level, it sold over 30 million books worlwide, always wanted to read it, and after i did, it wasnt as good as i expected, but worth reading never the less

book rating: 6

2 comments:

Touché said...

I think it gained all that popularity due to simple writing with a story line that is familiar to any reader with a glimpse of fairy tales. A successful formula if you ask me.

Bookard said...

Touche': i could not agree more :-)