Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

raelrok t1_jdunfnz wrote

Reply to comment by TheGoldenDog in This sub's most popular posts regarding Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist are negative... I loved it! by benspaperclip

If you like making paper airplanes, you should try making a V2 rocket!

29

I-am-an-onion123 t1_jdunuxw wrote

If you're struggling with gravitys rainbow then you can do some supplementary reading on it while you're reading it, maybe summaries and analysis online or such. I understand why it can be a struggle for some but if you put in the effort it's very readable. Everyone can read it with this in mind.

2

raelrok t1_jdv1gl3 wrote

I did really enjoy it. I read it across a 6 month period with a few breaks between putting it down and picking it back up.

It is a book where the reader can suffer from missing context due to their (lack of) knowledge of the period, but I managed to struggle through with the help of Wikipedia where things got murky.

5