THE ALCHEMIST

 BOOK REVIEW

TITLE: THE ALCHEMIST

AUTHOR: PAULO COELHO

             BOOK REVIEWED BY: SUSAN KWEGAH.

 

                                                  You will definitely not want to start reading a book before knowing what it is about. Well, Alchemy, from my research, is a form of chemistry studied in the middle ages which involved trying to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.

The Alchemist, a story by Paulo Coelho, talks of a young man, Santiago, a shepherd who dreams of travelling and discovering his treasure. Santiago is courageous to walk in the direction of his desires. He moves from his home, travels through various places and into the great Egyptian desert where he is to retrieve his treasure.

He risks his life, experiences love, loses, makes money, learns different things and meets different people. His journey is full of adventure and lessons.

Santiago meets a king, a desert woman and an alchemist, all who help him soar towards finding his treasure. “The Alchemist” is a book which teaches its readers of the power of positivity. One of the things I learnt is about being positive in all we want.

“To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation.” It makes you believe. I, personally, have never been to a desert but this story makes me feel like part of the desert.

The book is so thrilling and educative. Honestly, I did not know how to react at its conclusion but then I realized that the book had managed to solve its purpose, by making ‘me’ as a reader understand that having faith and being positive about your destiny can actually lead you to realizing it.

                                        ……………REVIEWED BY SUSAN D. KWEGAH……………