This time Paulo Coelho disappointed me. I would say it was frantic effort for repeating the success. But he failed miserably in that attempt.
Witch of Portebello tells the story of Athena as perceived by others. Some say she was divine some evil. Some despised her yet some other adored her. Some were mystified by her whereas some got transpired. And in the end she was casted as witch. Athena tries hard to fill the blanks of the life but always end up missing something. The story is told by third person account involving Athena, they are her husband, her mother, her teacher, her disciple, a journalist.
If you got anything else to read this one simply can be ignored. I guess that’s states it all.
Witch of Portebello tells the story of Athena as perceived by others. Some say she was divine some evil. Some despised her yet some other adored her. Some were mystified by her whereas some got transpired. And in the end she was casted as witch. Athena tries hard to fill the blanks of the life but always end up missing something. The story is told by third person account involving Athena, they are her husband, her mother, her teacher, her disciple, a journalist.
If you got anything else to read this one simply can be ignored. I guess that’s states it all.
6 comments:
Picked this from Library....you should have a review soon from me ....
sir: shoot ahead dude....
here I go:
The Witch of Portobello harks back to the story of The Alchemist. The boy Santiago in The Alchemist is replaced by the young woman Athena in The Witch of Portobello, but they are both souls searching for answers and willing to ask questions and take leaps of faith. Athena, who was adopted by a Lebanese couple from a Transylvanian orphanage turns into a head strong young woman with passionate inclinations towards her gypsy roots. Although we learn of Athena’s journey, what is most intriguing is her story is not told by herself, a narrator or as third person. The reader finds out about Athena’s life from other people, those who knew her; a journalist, an actress, her mother, her ex-husband, her boss, and so on.
As it turns out, this auspicious and enigmatic young woman who was quickly accumulating followers for what her magical skills could do appears to have been brutally murdered one night. As any Coelho book reveals, often the ends are not what they first might seem to be and Athena’s life is not what one individual person knew about her. Athena’s life told through those who know her is a strong example of how people are perceived, but also what we bring to a community and how it is our interactions with our community that often shape who we become.
The Witch Of Portobello also increases the value of the personal legend aforementioned in The Alchemist. Coelho gives us little nuggets of wisdom to use in our daily lives such as ‘teach others to be different’ (now my Mum said ‘be different’ for years when I was growing up, but somehow Coelho saying it made so much more sense!), or ‘you are what you believe yourself to be,’ or ‘don’t try to convince anyone of anything. When you don’t know something, ask or go away and find out.’ Coelho also delves into Jung in this book as he did with The Alchemist. Both books are similar in many ways, but are different reads, gaining a different learning curve from each text.
Well worth reading, The Witch Of Portobello is splendid and complex. Enjoy the familiarity of Coelho’s style of writing and devour a new story of learning from a great teacher.
Next book buddy!!
I've got a friend who said to me that this is book worth reading, and I think I will buy it. I would have liked to know its story, the general ups and downs as part of the book review.
Anand : its good book if you are new to paulo coelho otherwise i wouldnt recommend it. Btw you can have a peek at my friends comment on the top :)
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