Tag: 3 Star Reviews

Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago’s journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.

I need to admit that I wanted to read this book for a few years now, so when I saw this book at a second hand book store at a 90% discount of the price for a new copy of this book I knew that it was finally my time to grab this book, buy it and read it. And so I did so do that. If you are interested in hearing my thoughts and opinions about this book then keep reading.

I need to say that I really enjoyed the beginning of this book and the middle part of this book. But I was very disappointed in the ending of this book. Because this book builds up the main character to be wiser and wiser which each thing that happens to him. And the ending feels exactly like the beginning of this book because in my opinion the main character seems to forget everything he had learned throughout the plot line of this book. 

The overall plot line of this book is very fairy-tale like which has moment of magical realism in it. Which I appreciated in this book but it could be something about me being 23 years old soon and not being so much into fairy-tales to like or love the fairy-tale aspect of this book.

The plot in this book talked a lot about the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life especially in the second part of this book. And all of this talk about philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life doesn’t lead anywhere which really confused me because if you gonna bring things up multiple times in the plot and not have it in the plot then whats the point of talking so much about those things. Of course it can be just be being way too harsh in my book reviews, but thats at least my opinion when it comes to this topic of philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life in this book.

Overall this book is a very quick read, because it is around 170 pages long which I could have easily read in one day if I didn’t have to go to work. 

The themes of dreams and following your dreams in this book were very well created. Which made me give this book a few extra points for because it shows us that if we follow our dreams we will find a lot about ourselves and what the definition of a “good life” or “perfect life” is for each of us. 

The characters in this book are very few, but the once we do get in this book are very well made and fell like real human beings in a way. Which is probably my number one rule for books I love and rated 5 out of 5 or even 4 out of 5 on this website.

I liked a lot the characters we do got in this book, because they are very likable and relatable. At the same time the characters in this book felt like I would have no problems becoming friends with them. Which really made me like those characters so much more.

The writing style here is simple and easy going. Which makes this book suitable for all ages to read no matter if you are 10 years old and 90 years old. 

The easy going writing style in this book makes this book for quick to read, at the same time the writing style in this book goes very well with the easy going plot line in this book.

Overall this book isn’t as good as I thought it would be, but Im still glad that I have read this book because it is a very decent book even though in my opinion it is very far from being one of the books which I truly love with all of my heart. 

In my opinion reading this book will make you think about somethings this book talked about, or at the very least it made me think about some of the things this book talked about. Which for me made this book very memorable and it made this book to a book I will easily recommend to other people to read if they haven’t read this book yet.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

When their father’s business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes. But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well meant efforts are either more fun than profitable, or lead to trouble.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book which is the main reason why I read this book. I had a lot of expectations for this book because I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book and I need to admit that it didn’t live up most of my expectations for this book. But I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts about this book then keep reading.

The plot in this comic book was very sweet and enjoyable. There is a lot of adventures in this book, and for the most part the plot in this book is pretty wholesome.

The plot of this book is about children learn the harsh realities of capitalism, which I found to be very intriguing and interesting to read about. Even if this book tends to go a little overboard with the extensive use of words and describing things. 

This book was a very quick read. I read this entire book in one sitting. Because I just couldn’t put this book down and I was so hooked into the plot which this book has.

The writing style was very good in this book. It was easily my favorite part of this book. It was like the author knew what words to use to completely hook me into the plot and keep me reading until the very end of this book. But there are times where the writing style in this book is pretty clunky because of the old English and the fact that this book was published in 1899.

The characters in this book were well written and created. They seemed like real human beings and it was very easy for me to find them likable and relatable. Which of course made me give this book some extra points for doing.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

Upon its publication in 1857, Little Dorrit immediately outsold any of Dickens’s previous books. The story of William Dorrit, imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea Prison, and his daughter and helpmate, Amy, or Little Dorrit, the novel charts the progress of the Dorrit family from poverty to riches. In his Introduction, David Gates argues that “intensity of imagination is the gift from which Dickens’s other great attributes his eye and ear, his near-universal empathy, his ability to entertain both a sense of the ridiculous and a sense of ultimate significance.”

I need to admit that I was a little bit scared of reading this book because of the size of this book and how long ago it was published. I was scared of getting into this book because I was afraid that I would hate this book. But after reading this book I need to admit that this book wasn’t bad as I thought it would have been. If you are interested in hearing my thoughts about this book, then keep reading this review of mine.

The plot in this book, is pretty decent. For the most part of plot here is pretty interesting for the most part. But at times the plot in this book would drag out for way too long. Which really annoyed me a lot because the plot would have pages about stuff which didn’t matter for the plot. Because the moment does long moments come to pass they are simply forgotten and to not be talked again later in the book.

For the most part the plot in this book is pretty decent as I’ve said above. For the most part the plot here was pretty decent and fun to read. But there were also a lot of moments where the plot would focus pages on things which didn’t lead the plot anywhere.

This book is a very slow book, because there isn’t a lot which happens in this book other than getting long descriptions of things and read about people talking a lot in the old English style which people used in 1857.

The characters in this book aren’t the best. There are a lot of characters in this book and I had a really hard time keeping track of the characters and telling them apart in this book. And if you read some of my reviews in the past you will know that this a huge no-no for me personally if I have hard time telling the characters apart from each other in a book.

At the same time the characters we get in this book aren’t that good. All of the characters in this book felt to me like they were variations of the same character, because of hard time I had keeping track of the characters and because all of the characters in this book seemed very similar to each other and they didn’t have anything that would make them unique or stand out from the rest of the characters we do get in this book.

Each of the characters in this book have their separate lives which intertwine which each others during the plot line in this book. But I gotta admit even thou those characters have their own lives they still seem like the same person to me but a different backstory. 

The writing style in this book is very generic to Charles Dickens, which means that he uses a lot of words to describe things which could have been described in way less shorter form and with less words used. Charles Dickens likes to use a lot of words in his books and this book isn’t any different from his other books I’ve read.

I need to admit here that this book isn’t the best Charles Dickens book I’ve read, but at the same time it isn’t the worst. This book is very average Charles Dickens book.

I Give This Book 3 / 5