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Summary: easy read
Review: I found this book to be entertaining. It was obviously fiction. Everything seems to fall into place way too easily for it to be an adventure. I can't say that this book changed my life, but I'm glad I read it.
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Summary: Interesting patterns
Review: The Celestine Prophecy book is certainly an interesting book. I read it cover to cover, not skimming, and made mental note of each of the author's Insights. The first Insight, basically, is that coincidences are meaningful, and are happening more often, especially to those aware of and open to them.I began to notice coincidences very quickly - first the main character met someone who told him Insight one, but only knew the first Insight. Then, the main character met someone who told him Insight two, but they only knew the first two insights. Then, the main character met someone who told him Insight three, but she only knew the first three insights. Wow! Another interesting coincidence is that many people encountered by the main character speak in the same patterns - they are verbose, patient, kind and many of them explain their part of understanding of the Insights to the main character with the words: "Think about it...". After the fourth "Think about it" it gets a little weary. Moving outside the book to the reviews, many people encountered by this person speak in the same patterns. A large majority of those who speak glowingly of the book have frequent spelling or grammar errors. A large majority of the people who hate the book have very little spelling errors and use longer and less-common words. More interesting coincidences. A previous review said: "The book wasn't meant to have perfect english; if it did that it would be dry and boring." Umm, no. Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History Of Time" and "The Poky Little Puppy" are both written in perfect English. To be written in perfect English does not necessarily mean that it will go over your head or will be dry and boring - at least one hopes so. Many positive reviews (by coincidence) have said to ignore the writing, though, and focus instead on the underlining message. These messages, as stated by many reviews previous, are simplistic and not original. The movie "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure", to go to an extreme, had perhaps not the best writing, but contained the Insight: "Be excellent to each other". One would hardly take the opposite view, would you? To close, as this is basically me getting some thoughts of the book off my chest and being review 580+ only the seriously dedicated or bored will read this anyway, thank you for reading this far.
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Summary: Not what I thought it would be
Review: There is such hype for this book that I was really looking forward to some "insights". Nothing was really new to me. I was very disappointed. Because it is spiritual ideas presented in a ficitonal format I thought I would at least be entertained. No. It's not a well written novel at all. I think this book would have been more effective if written more as a straight self-help book. There are many more spiritual novels out now that are entertaining as well as enlightening. The Destiny of Miro for example is a great story with some spiritual thoughts thrown in. I recommend it much more than I can recommend "The Celestine Prophecy".
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Summary: Pure Fiction
Review: As the inside cover of the book explains, this is a parable. That is it is fiction. Do not read this book for anything other than it's fictional entertainment. So many people are sucked in to the mysticism and ramblings of the author. There is no basis of fact in this book. Things are not the way they are described in the insights. This is just the author's view of the way he wishes things were. Don't believe it.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: What an absolutely brilliant book. Such a refreshing change to most 'religous' books that seem to force issues upon readers. I can honestly say that after reading this book, I made some changes to my life, my life is now 1000 times better and very positive. I cannot find a negative point about the book. Now, I have introduced this book to several of my friends and relatives, who have all been changed the same way that I have. Incredible, Incredible and Incredible. Buy this book now if you want to have a better life and be a better person.
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Summary: Don't force yourself to read it...wait for the right time
Review: I'm not giving this book 5 stars because I think it's excellently written, because it's not. I'm giving it 5 stars because it's a book that I think needs to be read. Oddly enough people offered it to me many times in the past and I always resisted reading it until recently. Perhaps this is because before I wasn't ready, but by the time I read it, I had already discovered most of the insights within on my own. It has gotten alot of bad reviews, and many of them mention having to struggle through the book. This is probably because most of the people who wrote them were not ready for it. This book has more nuggets of truth in it than I have found in almost any other book, but only read it if you feel like it. Good luck.
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Summary: A Life Changing Book
Review: I was reading some of the reviews and was surprised that there were so many negative ones. This book to me was incredible. I too had gone through some pretty hard changes in my life and when I read this book it re-awakened a spiritual side in me that I hadn't seen in a while. If you pick up this book and can't get through it then put it on your shelf and pick it back up when you too need a positive influence. If you are looking for a positive book that will help guide you towards a positive change in your life then this book is for you.
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Summary: Read and Decide for Self
Review: Beware of right-winging Christians who try to undermine the book - Beware of the left-winging new-agers who try to hype the book. Read it with an open mind and decide for yourself. I for one enjoyed the read. Years later, some of Redfield's philosophies have stayed with me.
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Summary: This Book Changed My Life
Review: I had originally taken this book out of the library two years ago and could not get past the 3rd page. It didn't hold my interest. After that I went through some very difficult life changes and the book came into my hands through a friend. I read the book in two days. It has woken up a spiritual side of me I didnt know I had and I look at the world in a very different way. I think one has to be ready for this book. One has to go through certain experiences in life to appreciate and understand this book. If you pick up the book and cant get through it, put it away. It's not meant for you at this time.
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Summary: Poor writing, but intriguing ideas
Review: Sometimes I wanna scream in agony when I have to plod through yet another prosaic and undescriptive and boring scene transition. Very wordy. Very poorly edited. The boring storytelling is so incongruous with the beauty described in the text. He can cut down a lot of this crap and bring the scenes alive by using descriptive, functional words. I was pretty surprised what kind of writing can get published these days. Has he even been to Peru? Doesn't sound like it. It feels like he just adopted Hollywood's version of South America. But the ideas are very intriguing and that and my cousin's strong recommendation are prodding me along. I'm at page 42. He's got me hooked with the ideas about what could be awaiting humanity. That appeals to me. But for God's sake, please, please get a darn editor to really work on this book for the future versions. The writing stinks and the publisher is just as culpable as the author.
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