Comments on: The Secret? The Alchemist Sucks

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:39:24 +0000

I read this book as sort of a mental break from all my law books and at the suggestion of three of my friends. I HATED it. It was such a struggle to get through it because it was just cliché after cliché. I thought I was alone in hating it because I have so many friends that love to use Coelho quotes when writing e-mails and such. It annoys the hell out of me because I read books from much better authors in elementary school. Sadly, the only redeeming quality about this book are the illustrations, but since I am not five years old, book illustrations don’t exactly encourage me to pick up a book and read it.

By: Amazigh

Amazigh — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:51:46 +0000

I ve read this novel, and I found it interesting, u just hate it, and u want all of the readers to dispise it too… this is not good, to say this is work is good or bad, coz every author has its point of view in life and his own personal way of writing. in my opinion, I found it a wonderful story to read, coz it contains many of philosophical statements within it…and also, it had been translated to many languages around the world, because of its great value….I appreciate the writings of this author Paulo Coelho.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:59:12 +0000

Somehow I just couldn’t understand the concept of Personal Legend ,the phrase sounded weird and selfish too. If everyone had to follow their personal legends we would all end up being a mental retard. The world is not that simple as the author makes it out to be. All he is trying to sell is that if you follow your personal legend(I hate this phrase) the universe will conspire to make it happen for you, this is nothing but bullshit ! A licence to kill for pea heads to do what they want! . I guess mohd. Atta was following his personal legend n the universe conspired to make it happen for him when he rammed that plane into the world trade centre . This book is devoid of any literary substance, a good storyline or an interesting plot.

By: micahbro666

micahbro666 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:18:37 +0000

when I read the book I was still a teenager, maybe younger, and it comforted me a lot. I felt ok just being a kid and looking for my calling. It encouraged me to do well in high school. All I’m saying is this book is more likely to have a positive effect on your life than reading “twilight” or “harry potter”,

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:30:36 +0000

Bingo!
The Secret is The Alchemist and vice versa. And their idea is crap. I have struggled through my rage at the stupidity while trying to finish The Alchemist. Seriously, this so called book was recommended to me by my then 16 year old cousin. It was understandable at her age. I just still cannot beleive that it was written by a grown-up.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:56:00 +0000

p.s. I am talking to Deo Favente