One of the only reasons to read Paolo Cohelo’s work is the lyrical quality of his writing, one that he could presumably turn to any story. It’s almost a genre itself, that of dreams and whispers. He turns his poetic prose to the story of a young Irish woman on a quest to understand the universe and her place in it through the teachings of witchcraft. The plot isn’t nearly as robust as the beauty of the writing however, so it’s not as easy to fall in love with the book as it is with Cohelo’s other work, such as The Alchemist.

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