the alchemist paulo coelho what the hell man? that part abou..
Added 2023-10-13 02:44:02 +0000 UTCthe alchemist paulo coelho what the hell man? that part about the “g*psy” woman and how they are all scary and thieves ? romani people i am so sorry for buying this book. in the introduction the author says that every part of himself is in this book, and i’m like, “yeah especially the prejudice parts, jesus christ.” he is not only prejudice against romani people, but women in general, people of other religions, languages, cultures, etc. i don’t really find any part of this redeeming. without the racism and sexism it would probably be a 5/10. bland, predictable, offers nothing of substance. there’s truth to it, but nothing we haven’t all read and experienced before. take out the romani woman scene and a few other lines and i would have said “meh,” but because i am so disgusted with the author and with myself for having had purchased this xenophobic trash, i’m going -2/10. haven’t rated one in the negatives since last year when i masochistically reread promise me. hopefully i’ll never have to again.
