I love love love this book. Timeless favourite and it has the same vibes as The Little Prince. I find it so beautifully written and I'm such a sucker for religious allegories and metaphors. Santiago is everything I aspire to be. This is a great reflection of me and what I love most in this world. That being said, I rate it so highly because I like how it makes me feel but objectively I would rank it lower. So it isn't necessarily a book I would recommend easily and I agree with a lot of its criticisms.