The Valkyries

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Summary: a total dissappointment by coelho
Review: i am one of paulo coelho's greatest fans when i saw this book in the bookstore couldnt think of any other thing exept that i wanted to go home and start reading ..after the first twenty pages i discovered that it has nothing similar to the alchamest on the contrary, to me this book appeared to be very boring, a waste of time .it wasnt worth my exitment about it in the first place .i don't advise anyone to read it it is not believable,even the parts where supposedly paulo was conversing with his angel were very shallow .paulo and his wife chris are too boring .i felt very happy that i have finished this stupid book,so that i can start another one to make make me forget my dissappointment about coelho.

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Summary: Simply frustrating- don't expect too much.
Review: I finished reading the book just ten minutes ago, and I felt compelled to write about it... it's not THAT bad, but to anyone with high expectations, FORGET it. It sucks. I always wanted to read Coelho's The Alchemist or The Pilgrimage, but I never found them in the book store. Unfortunately, it was THIS that they had, and I was fooled by the beautiful cover, and Coelho's increasing reputation as a writer. I'm not saying that the book was stupid; it's not. The author had noble ideas, but they just don't seem to work, or he couldn't express them so lucidly and effectively. It fails to inspire me, if that was its main purpose. This is the only book I have which embarrasses me to place on my bookshelf; a waste of my money! I finished "The Tao of Pooh" (a great book) this morning by Hoff, and immediately after this I'll be reading C.S. Lewis' highly acclaimed "Surprised by Joy". I hope that will compensate. Meanwhile, if you're thinking of reading Coelho, just go for the Alchemist or the Pilgrimate. I've lost my appetite to do so.

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Summary: Excellent, his best book so far
Review: I have read other of Coehlo's books, ie the Alchemist, The Fifth Mountain and Brida, and I have foud the Valkyries, to be his best book! I couldn't put it down since I began reading it. It is so simple yet so deep! It is all so true, how Coehlo describes us destroying everything good that we have in our lives, because we are always too blind to see it. The most wonderful part is to realize that we must always choose love over anything else and that we must forgive others and ask for God's forgiveness. It is a book that helps you regain hope in life, love and God in this crazy world we are in now. With so much war, so much hatred, so much violence, so many killings, so much hunger! Well, we must believe in God's love and protection, believe in our guardian angel to guide us and to protect us always. And it is up to us to change this world!

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Summary: Awonderful book to read
Review: In this book coelho talks much more directly to his readres. If you are emerged in his world you will find this book as a friend relating his own experiences. if you are not into mistiques of this nature you will gather a lot of info about it. You may even go so far as to develope a more keen interest into this world. I can't call myself a believer yet I can say that after reading this book I would like to know more about the world that was presented here.

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Summary: I wish I could deal with my marriage the way Coelho does
Review: It is not a book about angels, it is a book about a relationship. Please forget the angel stuff, and concentrate yourself in the way that Paulo Coelho describes his relationship with his wife. That's all about! And I don't understand why this book is not translated into Spanish!

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Summary: Very Interesting Book
Review: It s about talking to one's angle and listing to its advise. It is addressing the concept of the second mind as well, which is new to me at leat. Very simple book and I liked it a lot. I related to it in a lot things and it was an enjoyable easy read.

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Summary: Paulo Coelho is the best
Review: Me encantaria escribir mi critica en ingles, pero es muy malo, asi que espero que alguien pueda entenderme. Soy de Argentina y es la primera vez que veo este libro, no se si quiera si esta traducido al catellano, me gustaria saber si hay alguna traduccion.Con respecto a otros titulos de Coelho, les puedo decir que es uno de los mejores escritores que ha pasado por mis manos, El alquimista, La quinta montaña, El peregino de Compostela, son verdaderamente maravillosos, sinceramente creo que ademas de ser una lectura agradable dejan muchas lecciones de vida, si tienen la oportunidad se los recominedo, les aseguro que ademas de disfrutar de la lectura de un muy buen libro, aprenderan asombrosas lecciones de vida.

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Summary: The horror! The horror!
Review: Never have i read anything so bad, so stupidely constructed and so well received by amateurs. You could learn more about this kind of "spiritualism" watching old kung-fu series on TV.

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Summary: Angels... You make you believe
Review: Paulo had done it again with his unique and subtle approach of bringing religion into lives of the readers. A story of an encounter with the guardian angels surely rings resemblance of Jesus¡¦ story in the desert. Very touching, very real and very good depiction of what good & evils have on stage for you when you are right at the center of the crossroad. A good book for young adults, I would not recommend this for early-age-readers before proper history of God has been taught to them.

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Summary: Angels... You make you believe
Review: Paulo had done it again with his unique and subtle approach of bringing religion into lives of the readers. A story of an encounter with the guardian angels surely rings resemblance of Jesus¡¦ story in the desert. Very touching, very real and very good depiction of what good & evils have on stage for you when you are right at the center of the crossroad. A good book for young adults, I would not recommend this for early-age-readers before proper history of God has been taught to them.