Originally Posted by manarius
Whatevaaa ! I respect your point of view .. but aint there anything good about the book .. ..
What's wrong with "Follow your heart, and all your dreams will come true"???
What's wrong with "Follow your heart, and all your dreams will come true"???
"He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way the night comes when day is done."
There's nothing wrong with that. It is pretty cliche but that's not necessarily a problem. The problem is that that's all the book was. One big (crappy) motivational speech. Like I mentioned before, the characters are thinner than paper, and the prose is unimaginative and bland. The overarching message was fine, but even a delicious, succulent piece of filet mignon is unappetizing if it's covered in horse manure (the story itself).
What's wrong with "Follow your heart, and all your dreams will come true"???
That last analogy may be a little harsh, but I liked the sound of it. At any rate, I am not particularly fond of the book, and suffice it to say that I don't think I'll be reading any of the author's other works anytime soon.
For me reading this book was like licking a nice ice-cream, sweet and lovely but you still feel hungry after.
"Where love is there God is also".
Leo Tolstoy
I can't say that you are wrong.. coz i have noticed that also when i read it ... but still it was acceptible .. i like the idea of hope and dreaming maybe that is why i enjoyed it .. Though i also read Brida for Coelho and i find it almost the same... i will try reading The devil and Miss Prym.. i heard it better ..There's nothing wrong with that. It is pretty cliche but that's not necessarily a problem. The problem is that that's all the book was. One big (crappy) motivational speech. Like I mentioned before, the characters are thinner than paper, and the prose is unimaginative and bland. The overarching message was fine, but even a delicious, succulent piece of filet mignon is unappetizing if it's covered in horse manure (the story itself).
That last analogy may be a little harsh, but I liked the sound of it
Regards
"He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way the night comes when day is done."
Deserts fascinate me and that's why I sort of enjoyed the book! Although, I couldn't get the story.
Leaping and hopping like a frog now, but still have a long way to go before I get crowned as "King Frog"!
I never got around to reading it. Something about the whole 'bestseller' status deterred me
Fortunately or unfortunately, the vast general public DOES enjoy being lectured to and told what and how to do it, and since many people don't read that much anyway, something like this is probably akin to a priceless literary treasure in their estimation
Not discounting, of course, the whole 'Emperor's New Clothes' fate that bestsellers often face. For example, I never understood that hullaballoo about the Book Thief either!
It was a nice, light read - suitable for teens, but way overhyped, IMO.
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