A review by lonnnneke
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

4.0

Lovely book about going after what your heart desires and following the dream.

Sadly I'm just too much of a grumpy pessimist to get the full experience though. I really liked the book, but didn't LOVE it. Hard work can be rewarding, but some people are lucky and some are not and some dreams are just unrealistic. (not talking about me, I'm actually just too lazy to actually achieve big things lol). Quotes like 'when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it' and 'There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.' were just a little too preachy for me. For a classic, where preachiness is almost a must, it was really good though.