The Alchemist
By: Paulo Coehlo
What once was a dream now is a life-altering journey.
Summary
This book is about a boy named Santiago and one day he was laying under a tree taking a nap and had a dream that a young boy told him to find his personal legened on a journey to find burried treasure under the pyramids. The next day he went to see a fourtune teller and she told him to go find the burried treasure. On his journey he meet a man who said he was the king of Salem and also told him to go on his journey to find his personal legend and the treasure. When he arrived in Asia he met a man and he robbed Santiago and forced him to work at a crystal shop. After a year at the crystal shop he got the money to go find the treasure. After months of searching for the treasure he found it and brought it back to the tree he had the dream under and started the whole journey. ''Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend their teachings''.- Santiago
Assesment
I chose this book because, it looked very interesting and i like adventurous books.
My favorite part of the book is when he set out on his quest to find his personal legend and to find the treasure buried beneath the Egyptian Pyramids. I also liked how Santiago never stopped until he found the treasure.
In my opinion this book.... Is one of the best books I have ever read!
Some reasons I liked/disliked the book..... I liked this book because it was a comic book, the pictures made the book more interesting, and I liked the story line, and how the Alchemist never let anything in his way when he was trying to find the treasure and his personal legend. What I didn't like about this book is how much history it had in it. Also it needs a little more detail, and it was very confusing.
Overall
I would rate this book 4 stars. Because it needs a little more detail and needs to make a little more sense.
Recommend
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure.
My overall rating
The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel by Paulo Coelho