Not a particularly religious or spiritual person myself but having enjoyed reading 'The Alchemist', I thought I'd give this a try.

There are some very insightful and rewarding lessons in the book: fight the good fight, listen to yourself, don't become distracted from the important things in life by the not-so, appreciate the blessedness of life itself and many others. For this, I think it is a very rewarding read and a great book, however what I found a little hard to stomach was how easily the narrator 'learnt' each lesson. Barely sentences (sometimes even mid-sentence) had passed from the instructional page outlining the particular lesson taught by Petrus, his guide, and the narrator had already seemingly mastered the lesson. A pilgrimage, in essence, is a long and somewhat testing journey so the speed at which this mastery was achieved didn't seem to fit with the theme of the book. Perhaps the story was fundamentally a sidecar to the lessons but it just seemed a little forced. I would've liked to have seen the pilgrim grow to develop the skills through practice as his journey progressed because then I think his physical and mental/spiritual journey would have felt more in harmony.

Regardless of this, 'The Pilgrimage' is a 'good-read' and enjoyable. It is also a savvy reminder of our fragile existence, beautiful planet and ability to be distracted from what we truly want and aspire to be which in my opinion, is never a bad thing. ( )

Not for me ( )

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This is the only book by Coelho I have tried to read and I don't intend to finish it. It is far too Carlos Casteneda for me. ( )

Romani tregon udhëtimin e rrëfimtarit Paulo përgjatë shtegut të pelegrinëve që të çonte në Shën Zhak të Kompostelës, në Spanjë. Në shoqërinë e udhërrëfyesit të tij shpirtëror, misteriozit dhe enigmatikut Petrus, Paulo përballet me një sërë provash, takon persona që vënë në rrezik mbërritjen dhe besimin e tij.