By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

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Summary: Spiritual Love Dilemma
Review: The conflict the seminarian battles through was a legitimate one in the sense that sometimes a difference in or lack of religious ideas prevents others from loving us. That's ironic because that's what religion is all about: love not only for God and for each other. When the seminarian realizes this he also realizes he doesn't have to choose between his love for Pilar and his devotion to God.

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Summary: Extraordinary book !
Review: If you are looking for one of the most romantic books literature has to offer, then you found it. The Piedra River is about following your dreams, and shows the nature of love in a way everybody understands and can relate to. You will feel touched by the characters of the novel, and you will never be the same after reading it. Definitely the best romantic book of the year.

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Summary: By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Review: This was an incredible book! I read the first two pages and was instantly engulfed in a beautiful love story. I could not put the book down. If you are a true romantic at heart then read this book. Pilar brings hope to the real meaning of following your heart.

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Summary: After reading Piedra I lay down and slept
Review: After hearing so many good things about The Alchemist and other Coelho works, I was eager to pick up a copy of Piedra at a local used book store.... then I started reading it, and I got over the whole 'eager' thing. I found this book profoundly underwhelming, profoundly un-profound. Maybe something got lost in the translation; far from seeming 'resonant', the spare, sparse, bare-bones narration and dialogue just felt dull and ineffectual. So the writing style wasn't all that innovative or noteworthy; the characters were sketchy, and as a result, the plot's dramatic climax had no emotional impact. Again, the flat writing style made the book's outcome appear arbitrary - he leaves, he stays, who cares? The two characters probably should have skipped the religious lecture circuit and signed up at A.A. in the first place.

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Summary: A simple, yet moving story of transition and love.
Review: I can read this book again and again and still find something new to reflect on. Coelho's writing is evocative and speaks of simple truths. It is not just a love story but a story of how one woman finds her way back to the path she started on but strayed from as her life moved in practical and predictable ways. Coelho has a way of leaving you with the feeling that anything is possible.

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Summary: AN OK BOOK!
Review: I was not crazy about this book, I found it didn't keep my inerest most of the time, I am sure some people would like it a lot. If you want to read a book that goes straight to your heart, read Stolen Moments by Barbara Jeanne Fisher. . .It is a beautiful story of unrequited love. . .for certain the love story of the nineties. I intended to give the book a quick read, but I got so caught up in the story that I couldn't put the book down. From the very beginning, I was fully caught up in the heart-wrenching account of Julie Hunter's battle with lupus and her growing love for Don Lipton. This love, in the face of Julie's impending death, makes for a story that covers the range of human emotions. The touches of humor are great, too, they add some nice contrast and lighten things a bit when emotions are running high. I've never read a book more deserving of being published. It has rare depth. Julie's story will remind your readers that life and love are precious and not to be taken for granted. It has had an impact on me, and for that I'm grateful. Stolen Moments is written with so much sensitivity that it made me want to cry. It is a spellbinder. What terrific writing. Barbara does have an exceptional gift! This book was edited by Lupus specialist Dr. Matt Morrow too, and has the latest information on that disease. ..A perfect gift for someone who started college late in life, fell in love too late in life, is living with any illness, or trying to understand a loved one who is. . .A gift to be cherished forever.

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Summary: Yet another inspring work
Review: Once again Cohelo has come up with a truly inspiring book. He has this amazing ability to write about something that seems resonably general, but somehow affects everyone (mostly?), and wakes us up - or at least makes us think about stuff. Great book, and so's the new one Veronika decides to Die

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Summary: Not bad, but disappointing
Review: I admired so much "the Alchemist" of the author, so I didn't hesitate a second to read this one. I won't say terrible things like some viewers from below did, but truly it wasn't impressive as the first one. It's just a pretty love story and makes us think about the religion for a while. Good if you're seeking a book which can calm you down. After all, not bad but surely not the best.

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Summary: He keeps the quality
Review: Paulo Coelho is one of the few contemporary authors who is able to keep the same quality in all his books. This book is excellent, and it shows also the feminine side of the author.

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Summary: a love story?yes ,but not a normal one!
Review: This book ,as all the other books of Coelho that i've read in my life,is a summery of the human being...it shows u the way to reach the perfection. This is a love story...or better say the love story!