So The Alchemist kind of sucked. I just read it all in one sitting and it's a bunch of hooey, and gets worse as it goes, and I can't imagine some of the more reluctant readers we get ever sitting down to read that. I really, really wanted to like it.
Back to the drawing board.
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Huh...For the first time in a LONG time, I REALLY disagree with you. Then again, I've always been a Coehlo fan, and This book, along with Veronica Decides to Die, have been two of my favorites.
For this type of book, and I assume you knew what you were getting into before you started, the only book I've ready that actually SURPASSED this, was Daniel Quinn's Ishmael. If you've read and like Ishmael, I can rationalize away the dislike for this book.
Tigers are 0-7, this SUCKS. Brewers are 6-1 and Orioles are 7-1? I'm hearing it from people at work. I'm assuming by now you are too :/ We need to get *HEALTHY* asap!
I've always wanted to read ISHMAEL, but I never have. Sorry I didn't like THE ALCHEMIST; I really wanted to. The head of my program had similar feelings to me about it - sort of pat spirituality throughout, not much insight. We kind of called it a baby SIDDHARTHA, but that's another book I don't like.
Yes, I'm hearing it big time, mostly from my baseball players, but also my colleagues. yes, it sucks big time.
I'm not a Siddharta or Zen and the Art of ...type of fan, I never could get into those...but I thought The Alchemist superceded that type of writing...it has also been extremely overhyped lately. When I read it about 4 years ago, I don't remember it receiving the same time of "Oprah" publicity, so I didnt have preconceived expectations when I read it.
Ishamel was probably one of the top 5 books I've ever read - go for it. (for the record, anything by vonnegut and brave new world would be the others).
Tigers: We'll have the last laugh when the Brewers and Orioles finish 70-92, so save the newspaper clippings and remind them of this in September :)
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