Came here to say this. It's even worse when you realize the only reason it got popular was that Bill Clinton was photographed reading it :abby-exasperation:
Maybe it was my high school self being overly judgemental, but I was annoyed by the wiring style of that one a few pages in. Can't comment on the plot of it.
I found Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist trite, spiritually soft, and kind of orientalist.
Paulo Coelho being a shitty writer is basically a meme in Brazil
Came here to say this. It's even worse when you realize the only reason it got popular was that Bill Clinton was photographed reading it :abby-exasperation:
Maybe it was my high school self being overly judgemental, but I was annoyed by the wiring style of that one a few pages in. Can't comment on the plot of it.
:yes-comm: