This book is written by the famous Paulo Coelho, the author who has sold over a billion copies on this book. On the view, that the good man in the book, is bragging all the life that experiences and how to acheive success in it.
I have had an overwhelmingly view of the book. The story is criticising and praising one way and according to the author, all the other religion and people are wrong. There are various experiences from successful role models in real life that we see, have many other views which are totally contradictory to this book which show that in order to attain success, you have your own song to sing. There is no need to follow on anybodys path.
This is the point which is totally right in order to prove that the book is wrong in its sayings.
The book says, if you want to acheive something, the whole universe helps you acheive it. This is totally irrelevant, because why is universe is involved for no use.
The lives can be lived with simplicity also, but the author wants the Andalusian to follow to what he says, because here he has no voice, no originality in his own views.
And so I would not recommend others to read this book.