A review by secluded
Brida by Paulo Coelho

3.0

Younger, idealistic me would have loved this book. Current, cynical me does not. It's a preachy spiritual quest combining wiccan ideals, Celtic spirits, and Christianity as if there is no big clash there. Nothing here is realistic because it's all an avenue for the author to spout his spiritual wellness and enlightenment concepts. People don't talk or behave naturally, but rather just in a way to express the author's views, so if you're in search of an actual plot, stay away.

And of course there's Soul Mates (author's capitalization, not mine), a concept which is pretty offensive to anyone on the LGBTQ spectrum the way the author describes it. If I remember correctly, even Plato (whose philosophies on love I'm assuming the author is drawing from) admitted that soulmates could be two people of the same sex.