I am writing this review after reading this book for the second time so no need to say that I loved this book very much and its one of my favorites. I mentioned that this book is for dreamers, especially those who have lost their way somewhere in between and now feels like they can’t achieve, or those who feel like those dreams are not meant for them and now are leaving their life in the way in which others want them to be, not the way they want to be.
This a masterpiece book by Paulo Coelho, although all of his books are masterpieces in my opinion, but this one really is as it is already accepted worldwide as the one :).
Its a story of a young boy called Santiago, who is shephered by profession, he has some recurring dreams, so when he asks about his dreams to a fortune teller, he is told that he is destined to find a treasure buried near Pyramids and thats how his journey begins from Spain to Africa, in search of the treasure. On the way to pyramids he meets different people, some good and some bad, who affects his passion and determination to find the treasure. Many a times he feels like that he had lost his all for nothing, but then again things happen in such a way that they strengthen his determination to fullfill his dreams.
The most interesting part is the one in which he spent his time in desert in a Oasis, and find the love of his life, Fatima, and he thinks that she is his treasure and decides to give up the idea of going to Pyramids. but then he meets The Alchemist who guides him to his treasure and teaches him the important lessons of life.
The Climax is very interesting and unpredicatable, and at almost all the pages one finds something inspiring. Like the one
"Everything that happens once may not happen again, but things that happen twice are sure to happen a third time again"
So all in all I will say that this book is a must read for the dreamers, or else I can say for everyone, bcoz’ we all are dreamers, aren’t we ??
So go on and read it, I am sure you will like to read it again and again.