The Alchemist

Motivational stuff I am in least need of...
The style of the book which is so contrived, sort of over-hyped for its storytelling. Well, that is the first thing about the book which turned me off. While writing a book whose subject matter be fantasy, would you carry this sort of poetic license always in your pocket?
The style didn't click with me.
The subject matter gives me the feeling of sweet pills wrapped in cartons with deliberate inspirational illustrations over them.
Not my kind of reading.