July 25, 2007

• After not being in love with Eleven Minutes, it's been recommended by several people that I should check out The Alchemist.  However, after reading The Alchemist, I still don't know why Paulo Coelho has such a big following.  I found The Alchemist to be remarkably similar to Eleven Minutes but had heard differently from my recommenders.  It was same basic storyline of following your dream.  The Alchemist was more solely focused on this theme but it was definitely a big part of Eleven Minutes as well.  I felt like I was reading a self-help book with a fable thrown in.  There's nothing revolutionary about what Coelho is trying to say.  Everyone has a dream/destiny.  Not everyone chooses to seek it due to fear.  Achieving one's destiny is not an easy road and all the obstacles faced will make you stronger.  Sometimes you search far and wide for your dreams but what you desire can be right in front of you.  Isn't all of this obvious?  I don't get it ....

  He's trying to be spiritual but I really don't need to be preached to by Coelho.  Snooze.

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