Why have so many people been tricked in to believing this

People are stupid and gullible.

>>9074564
we're talking about people who believe 50 shades of gray, twilight and hungry games is good, anon

plus, in everything paulo coelho writes theres some sort of "wisdom" stolen from some obscure religion or some shit

I read this off the family bookshelf once, told my mother it was pretentious shit, and she smugly replied that I would understand it when I'm older.

>>9074564
I enjoyed it as a kid but don't remember much, I'll probably read it again soon.

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>>9074564
Paulo Coehlo is a practicing thelemite, a disciple of Aleister Crowley. He got his break in the 70s writing lyrics for Brazilian occult rockstar Raul Seixas. Coehlo's books are not to be understood as literature but as highly effective acts of Satanic Ritual Magic. Satanism for the Masses. He knows how to tap into the sick weltgeist of late capitalist society and I respect him for that.

>>9074603
My cousin insists that criticism doesnt really exist, since there is no accounting for taste, and that all literature consumed is subjective to the reader. I tell her that reading off the NYT Best Sellers list makes her a pleb.

My mother just gets upset when I make fun of what she reads.

>>9075171
My 10th grade English teacher was super keen on getting all her students to read it even though it was not recommended by curriculum. Is she Satanist?

>>9075196
Plebs enjoy pleb literature in a subjective way, retard