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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

In New Atlantis, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where “generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit” are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the mythical Bensalem. The plan and organisation of his ideal college, Salomon’s House (or Solomon’s House), envisioned the modern research university in both applied and pure sciences.

This book is a utopia themed book which really surprised me a lot in how bad it is. I tend to like utopia books like The Hunger Games and Ready Player One. So when I got to this book I had some high expectations for this book which it didn’t live up to.

The vision this book has for a future society is very ridiculous. Because the way this book describes a utopian society made me think “I don’t need to be Nostradamus to know that this shit will never happen”. 

The reason why I say this book is ridiculous is because the characters in this book considers the Africans to be the ‘little foul ugly Spirits of Fornication’, the American Indians super ‘savage’ and the Chinese ‘foolish’. As you can notice that book throws into the plot very wide generalizations about people with different ethnicities.

The plot in this book seems very stereotypical and like it was written as orthodox christian propaganda. Which really made me like this book less than I already did.

The writing style in this book is pretty weak. Because it felt like the author of this book didn’t know what he was doing. And even the writing style in this book feels like a pure orthodox christian propaganda. Which I personally hate the most in books when the book turns out to be an religious propaganda book.

However this book had some good moments throughout this book, but those moments were pretty rare. Because most of the time this book felt like reading a torture device in literature form.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the story of Holly Golightly, a hill-billy turned Manhattan playgirl, and the eclectic circle of friends who surround her. The unnamed narrator of the story is a young writer from a small town, out on his own for the first time. He lives in a New York brownstone and dreams of literary success.

I need to admit here that the only reason why I read this book, is because I have heard a lot of good things about this book. But after reading it I gotta admit that this book isn’t as good as good as the hype on the internet makes it out to be. But of course am gonna explain everything in this review, so if you are interested in my thoughts about this book, then keep reading.

The story in this book, was pretty interesting and had a huge potential to turn this whole book to an amazing book. But Truman Capote didn’t use the potential the story had to actually make this book to an really good book.

The story in this book was very interesting as I’ve said above. But at times the story tended to drag out for unnecessary long time which made it boring at times for me personally. But there were times where the storyline in this book was very good and enjoyable. Which pretty much left me split between the facts or liking this book and not liking this book.

The writing style in this book is pretty okay. I wasn’t a big fan of the writing style in this book but at same time the writing style was bad bad. Since in my time I have seen some very bad writing styles in books and the writing style in this book isn’t half as bad as the bad writing styles I have seen in my time.

The characters in this book were okay for the most part. I found the characters to be interesting and fun for the most part. But I just didn’t care about what happened to them which means that I wasn’t a big fan of the characters in this book. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

In the story, a practical-minded narrator meets a railway worker who has been seeing supernatural visions. The narrator doubts the man at first, but at the story’s conclusion a strange event makes him a believer.

I gotta admit here that I wasn’t a big fan of this book. Ive heard a lot of good about this book and after reading this book I gotta say that this book doesn’t live fully up to the hype I’ve heard about it. But of course I will explain everything in this review so if you are interested about my thoughts on this book then keep reading.

The storyline in this book is pretty good. Because it is interesting, enjoyable and it has the eerie vibe to it which I really liked. But I gotta admit that the storyline at times was dragging out the action way too much for my liking.

The eerie vibe I mentioned above is very rare in this book in my opinion. But when it is present its very good and I really liked it the few rare times we get the eerie vibe in this book.

The storyline in this book is pretty straightforward and there isn’t any plot twists or big reveals in the plot. During reading this book you will come across a lot of questions, some of those questions will be answered by the time you finish reading this book, but a lot of those questions wont be answered. Because the author of this book tries in a way make you as a reader answer those questions from your beliefs, opinions and thoughts. I liked this aspect of the book because it leaves a lot up to us as readers to decide how we want to answer those questions from our own beliefs, thoughts and opinions

The characters in this book are very few. The characters we do get in this book are okay for the most part but if you want me to be honest here, I wasn’t the fan of the characters we got in this book. Because I felt like there was something missing when it came to them are characters. And I had a hard time liking the characters in this book or finding them to be relatable. 

I think that a big part of that was how the characters were written in this book. The characters in this book were written in this very old timey way which really which of course is explained by the fact that this book was published in 1866. 

The writing style in this book is very old timey, but in my opinion the writing style is the best part of this book. Because the writing style plays very well with the eerie vibe the storyline tries to set because of how moody the writing style is because of the old English.

Even thou I wasnt a big fan of this book I gotta admit that I am happy that I read this book because a part of me found this book to be interesting and enjoyable.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

This is Oscar Wilde’s tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, much to the annoyance of its tired ghost. The family — which refuses to believe in him — is in Wilde’s way a commentary on the British nobility of the day — and on the Americans, too. The tale, like many of Wilde’s, is rich with allusion, but ends as sentimental romance.

I need to admit here that I’ve heard a lot of good about this book, and this book has been on my TBR list for a few years now. And I finally read it. If you are curious about my thoughts when it comes to this book then keep reading.

I need to admit here that this book is very inserting and very fun to read because of how good the plot line in this book is. Which really made me love Oscar Wilde even more than I already did before reading this book. Is it just me or is there someone else who also love Oscar Wilde more and more with each book they read ?

The storyline in this book is very good and interesting which I already mentioned above. There is something about the storyline in this book which makes it feel very eerie but at the same time very funny. Which I really liked and which made me give this book some extra points for doing.

The storyline in this book is more or less a victorian ghost story which I loved a lot. Because I personally love a lot any victorian story because every story set in the victorian era seems so fun and interesting to me. 

This book involves a lot of mystery, suspense, horror and romance which I found to love in this book because of how well Oscar Wilde made this book and story. 

The writing style in this book is very good, because it was like the author knew exactly what words to use to completely grab my attention and to not let it go until the very end of this book.

The characters in this book are very good and very likable. All of the characters in this book have a lot of personalities to them and something which makes them unique and standout from the rest of the characters in this book. 

I Give This Book 4 / 5

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel’s mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Drawn to what he has called the “four-squareness of the utterance” in Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader.

I gotta admit that before I got into this book, I was ready to not like this book since I though that it was one of those very overhyped shitty books and I’ve read a few of them at this point. But after reading this book I need to admit that I’m very happy that I actually read this book. But lets get into the review without making the intro way longer than it needs to be 

The plot in this book is so good. It talks about heroism, loyalty as well as the enter struggle between evil and good. I really couldn’t stop reading this book and when I wasn’t reading this book I was thinking about what would happen next in the story. Which really says something because this doesn’t happen often for me. 

The thing I loved the most about this book is that this book combines perfectly the elements of mythology, history, and moral lessons. All of those things explored what it tales to be a hero in the society. 

I also loved the vivid imagery and use of alliteration this book has which brings the entire plot of this book to life in a way even over a century after it was first written. 

The descriptions of the confrontation with a dragon and other important moments in this book were so interesting and amazing for me personally. 

The thing which I didn’t like about this book was that the pacing of this book seemed very uneven to me, particularly at the end of this book which is the reason why I give this book 4 starts instead of 5. 

In my opinion the monologues in this book are way too long than what they needed to be, but that can just be me because in general I am not a fan of monologues in books and movies. The long monologues in this book was very distracting and boring for me personally.

The old English writing in this book, only helped the book to be more fun and interesting in my opinion. Because it really set the mood and vibe nicely which made this book feel like the action in this book happened a long time ago which it did. 

The writing style in this book was very good, because it really helped the plot in this book shine. And it was like the author knew what words to use to completely grab my attention and to not let it go until the very end of this book.

I Give This Book 4 / 5