Steven Deobald reviewed The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Review of 'The Alchemist' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I enjoyed The Alchemist. It's cute.
However, I must admit it felt the entire way through like reading the masterpiece of a highly competent 10-year-old. "The boy did this, then the boy did this, then the boy felt like this...." It's not a book I would recommend to anyone; being beaten over the head with allegory after allegory and pseudo-spirituality isn't my idea of time well spent.
