Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption, (Paperback)

from shadowofthewind

We all have ways that we deal with life. In Coehlo's book, these isn't much difference between the coping skills of the institutionalized and the rest of us. Should these people be in a mental institution, or is it really that they cannot cope with life in a way that is socially acceptable?"Durin...

from snaprebelx

Went to download this book because I remembered wanting to read it a long time ago. After I downloaded it I remembered that I had read it last year. It was that forgettable. The story had so much potential. I'll probably like the movie much more, releasing in US in 2011, becuase the movie will pr...

from akblanchard

Veronika Decides to Die tells a simple story: the title character, a young, beautiful woman, is dissatisfied with life and decides to kill herself. She survives her suicide attempt, but at the upscale mental hospital she is admitted to afterward, she is told her heart is damaged and she has only ...

from PilgrimJess

Are the lunatics running the asylum? This is the third Coelho novel that I've read,after The Alchemist and The Devil and Miss Prym,and for me it is the weakest.Now don't get me wrong I love the author's writing style which I find so easy going yet with a deceptive depth,rather I felt that this bo...

from snaprebelx

Went to download this book because I remembered wanting to read it a long time ago. After I downloaded it I remembered that I had read it last year. It was that forgettable. The story had so much potential. I'll probably like the movie much more, releasing in US in 2011, becuase the movie will pr...