The Alchemist

>>9267952
it's really bad

It's just more popular than it should be. People make Coehlo out to be some sort of genius, and he isn't. It's a really allegory about treasure being at home/inside the whole time.

it's comparable to le petite prince. which is a huge pile of pseudo deep shit.

>>9267952
I enjoyed it, /lit/ is pretentious. Don't listen to the faggots

>>9269240
WHAT DID YOU FUCKING CALL ME?
A FAGGOT?
DO YOU FUCKING KNOW WHAT FAGGOT EVEN MEANS? IT MEANS A HOMOSEXUAL. A FUCKING QUEER. A WHOOPSY. A PRANCING LALA FRUITY BOY. YOU COME HERE, AND CALL ME FUCKING THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY GIGABYTES OF PORNOGRAPHY FEATURING ONLY FUCKING !!!FEMALES!! I HAVE? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY TIMES A DAY I MASTURBATE TO THIS COLLECTION, HOW MANY HOURS I SPEND EXPANDING IT? NO, NO YOU FUCKING DON'T, YOU JUST COME IN HERE AND MAKE A FUCKING JUDGEMENT ON ME LIKE YOu"RE SOME KIND OF JUDGER OF FAGS WHEN I STILL SMELL OF THE SEMEN FROM JACKING IT TO THE PUSSY OF A FUCKING FEMALE THIS TEXT ISNT FUCKING CONFESSIONS, ALRIGHT IT'S YOU BEING A BITCH, NEWSFLASH, JAPAN HAS SEX TOO, OTHERWISE JAPAN WOULD NOT EXIST AS A FUCKING COUNTRY WITH PEOPLE IN YOU PREJUDICED PIECE OF SHIT

>>9267952
it's more like I hate the people who like it

>>9267952
I liked it. It's what introduced me to reading, tbqh, one of the first "grown-up" books I've finished as a wee me.
Let me tell you, though. If you wish to alienate people from reading, tell them to start with the greeks. I'm sure they'll love it.

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>>9267952
>Paul Coolio

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>>9267952
It's worse than trash, because trash has no pretensions.

It's a book that seems to consist almost entirely of "inspirational" quotes that women post on their Facebooks.

Anyone have a pdf of it or something? Want to check it out

My dad made me read this, gave me $50 when i was done

it's fucking awful. feel-good motivational shit, and the writing, the spirit in which the story is told is extremely juvenile. the writer is constantly telling you what the characters feel and what they come to realize, instead of actually showing character feeling and changing. bad, bad writing. but it makes plebs feel good about themselves and like they've just read a "smart people" book so it's hugely popular, more than it should be really.

>>9267952
Im portuguese so the fact that it's a portuguese book doesn't carry any interest or novelty to me so I see it as it is, an 'i'm in highschool but I'm smart and deep' starter pack