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Seriously. Just make a little book of the 10 “best” quotes and forget the story.
Really was expecting something life altering. My dog chewed up the book when I was 18 pages in and I should have let her finish. Maybe I miss the point. Kinda like Dave Ramsey’s stuff—if you’re already living life like you should then this tale is monotonous. You can read the synopsis. The story is ludicrous from the beginning, but I persevered through the gypsy and the king and the desert and the oasis and then the alchemist. Treasure? Like it had been under his nose all the time and because he was so in sync with the world and learned all these things he found it buried in his own back yard and went back to get the girl—just another he’d run into with a pretty face. Good grief. This is my take. Instead of the sheep and Bedouins and emerald tablets the author would have been better putting his magical life altering quotes in a little book. Some people may need the tale. I am religious and don’t get the relationship of God and turning oneself into the wind. Lola gets this one back as a chew toy. Not going on my library of keepers.
June 2018 · Books · verified purchase
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The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition
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