An International Phenomenon is what those little words on the top of the book above the title say. An International Phenomenon--sort of like, An International Waste of My Time.
Really EC? Crazy? Singer/Songwriter? THIS is the book you pick as "the best, most inspirational" book ever? I might as well have read, "Who Moved My Cheese" or some equally lame excuse for a NOVEL.
Shut your eyes and stop reading now if you don't want the end of the story to be ruined for you. The book is about a young boy named Santiago who is a Shepard. He is sleeping in a church with his sheep when he has a dream about treasure, so he sets out into the world to find this treasure. He gives up his sheep, and home and travels around continuing to bump into "prophets" who send him on a chase for the treasure. He meets people, he gets mugged, he travels, he works, he falls in love . . . but he's always on the move to find the treasure. He finally gets to the pyramids (where he is certain the treasure is hidden) and is digging when he meets up with some pyramid rif raf. Santiago has to tell them he is searching for treasure and about his dream--in return one of the rif raf says he had a dream about a treasure in the very church Santiago had his dream. Guess where the treasure is? Come on, just take a guess. And what is the moral of the story while you're thinking?
It was really cheesy, and especially when I read the interview at the end with the author, it becomes clear, that this is basically a cult book about religion. NO THANKS.
1 comment:
I like how you label this book as "cult religious book". Nice work. I won't be reading this one either! Never take a recommendation from the singer/songwriter type.
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