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Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Let me begin by saying that I had underestimated the power
of books written by Paulo Coelho for some unknown reason. This specific book
changed my pre-conceptions (miss-conceptions, so to speak) about the author and
his work and that's exactly why I'm writing this review. Veronica Decides to
Die is a book by Paulo Coelho which has been in my to-read list since last 3-4
years. For some reason, the subject of this book fascinated me.
It's a story of a young girl, Veronica, who decides to die.
At first, author deals with veronica's reasons behind committing suicide which
he does in excruciating details. He delves deeper inside mind and soul of
veronica and makes you wonder whether life is worth living.
But, her suicide attempt fails and she lands up in a mental
hospital. There, she meets a few inmates and every one of them has a different
but interesting story to be there. In the mental hospital, just when veronica
is planning another attempt at her life, to her surprise and readers', she
comes to know that she has only a week to live.
And that's when the author starts to weave a web of words
around the life in mental hospital, patients and their extra-ordinary stories
and amazes you with his incredible power to hold your attention up to a level
where even your partners won't be able to seduce you into putting the book
down.
Author tells us incredible and extra-ordinary stories of
patients and makes you question the phenomenon commonly known as: Insanity. One
by one, he introduces more patients and their stories and forces you to wonder
whether there's anything wrong in being 'insane'.
The most important theme Paulo dealt with in this book is
'what it means to be insane'. He deals with the subject of insanity, being
different and normal in excruciating details and forces you through an
exhausting journey in a desert and leaves thirsty for more answers but in the
end does offer some.
To my surprise, this book's central theme is entirely
author's own earlier life experiences in mental hospital. This is a book which
takes you through the darkness of the night and then the sun sets in with a
promise of a distant land with a ray of hope, love and happiness.
This powerful book is a must read for everyone who wants to
delve deeper inside the psyche of normal, different and insane people. It is a
book recommended for all those who have had to face depression, anxiety,
suicidal thoughts etc at least once in their life. This book will make you
question the dogmatic society and give you a ray of hope in an 'insane world'.
Finally, I rate this book 4 out of 5 mainly for surprising
me with the incredible insights into the mind and soul of the subject
'insanity' and forcing me to re-think about true meaning of my life.
~RP
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