Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Paulo Coelho

I finally decided to give a chance to the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, who, supposedly, is the most widely-read living authors in the world. I always heard mixed reviews from his works, but I should have paid more attention to the ones from some of my friends who told me I would not like him. I have only read thirty pages of Manuscript found in Accra and one question came to my mind right after page 6 or 7:

HOW THE FUCK CAN ANYBODY READ THIS PEACE OF CHEAP CRAPPY PHILOSOPHY AND ENJOY IT?

I don't like to curse when I write, but I was so pissed I wasted my time on this, I had to let my anger out somehow. I don't even want to try The Alchemist, his most acclaimed novel, because I'm sure I will loose hope in humanity.