What better way to encourage someone to follow their dreams! Paulo Coelho has written a beautiful and inspiring story with a wonderfully powerful message.

This book reads like a metaphorical instruction manual to life. Pretty interesting if you like Paulo's work.

Life its filled with inspiring quotes that will brighten your day with good energy and positivism. Coelho's most powerful lines in a small book that you would want to keep near by for your daily dose! :-)

The Valkyries is a metaphysical tale, very much in the spirit of James Redfield, only this epic tale is authentic.

This was Coelho's first popular book, and as such denotes his evolving magical style. It is about his trip in the Santiago de COmpostela trek that goes from east to west across Spain. I found the travel perspective of the book to be fascinating, and since I read it I have thought many times about doing the trek myself.

I begin by noting that I love Coelho and find his prose to be almost poetic. I found this book - as always - beautifully written but a bit heavy on religion. Let me explain before you boo me off the stage, Coelho lovers! Usually, I find his thoughts on God and religion to be beautifully written but also subtly drafted

Master storyteller Paulo Coelho's stories are all semi-autobiographical in nature, read well, are set in fascinating locations, and leave you thinking the author has somehow seen more deeply into the human spirit than most of us. It's hard to read his books without feeling deeply touched, and The Zahir is no exception.

I have read quite a lot of Paolo Coelho's works, my favorites being The Alchemist and By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept. This is another compelling work by Coelho.

This book received such praise, and certainly others who have reviewed it on Amazon include such hyperbole as "THE BEST EVER!!!". I'm at a loss to understand this. The story bumps along akwardly at the beginning - the plot gears up with all the smoothness of an organ grinder just beginning to turn the crank.

I loved the Alchemist and adored the Pilgrimage. I am a huge Coehlo fan and an adherent of his "New Age" beliefs. That said, this book is alright. It's a simple tale and easily read like his other books, but this one gets sappy and fizzles out half way through.