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Book Review of The Alchemist

The Alchemist
reviewed on
Helpful Score: 3


I agree with Lauren B. that this story is "too fuzzy and predictable to be enjoyable," and I found "its vague hints at spirituality" rather annoying. I realize that I might have liked it when I was 13. In my sixties, I just found it boring.

"The Little Prince" it is not. At least, I have read that book more than once and still gotten something out of it. I felt that The Alchemist was written using a formula or something and couldn't bear to finish it.