The cover states that it is a life changing story... Well, maybe for those other 40 million people who bought it, but for sure not for me.
The cover makes you think you will venture off into a story of great spiritual insight, of thought, with a philosophical undertone. I was waiting for that moment of insight. But it just didn't come. The depth of the characters was too flat, the story has been told too often, and the wisdom it is trying to share, well, seen it, heard it, and experienced it before. I don't understand why this book is so popular. Maybe because of the very simplistic writing style? Maybe that's why it appeals to the TV consuming world? Or maybe because it states the obvious over and over and that creates recognition?
To summarize the story: Shepherd boy has dreams of travel. He decides to do it. Meets up with 'king', ends up in travel, manages to get into trouble, finds luck again, falls in love, travels on, talks to god, meets 'destiny', returns to point or origin. It sounds like a story you could do a lot with... unfortunately in my opinion, the author completely failed to do that in those 167 pages.
The book left me disappointed. To me it appeared as an Oprah Winfrey or Doctor Phill show on paper...