The Winner Stands Alone \ El Vencedor Está Solo (Spanish Edition) (Other)

from SmithSJ01

This book is so frustrating to read! The chapter headings helped me get through the torturous 400 pages. Each chapter is a time of day and I kept thinking to myself that the day was nearly done and the book would be over. Phew, what a relief when it was! The reader follows a Russian businessman c...

from knittinginLondon

I have read Paulo Coelho before, but this book starts out totally different from previous books. I thought it wasn't for me (opens with information about compact pistols) and took me awhile before I picked it up again. The story does unfold, but I wasn't interested enough in the characters and fe...

from VivianeoftheLake

I'm so disappointed. I was such a fan and defender of Coelho's work! But this book is just cliché! Its the best word for it. I think he managed to say all the cliches about showbiz that he can muster in a mid sized novel. I was hoping that the serial killer angle would carry the book but it didn'...

from Bardley

I found this book slow going, it did get interesting around the murder scenes and the way in which they were written gave a good sense of the scene but I found the other parts which make up most of the story boring to read and it didn't hold my interest at all well. Half way through the book I ju...

from JonArnold

There's one major flaw about this book, that it's tough to try to say anything profound about an intrinsically shallow subject without sounding trite. For all the research he's done, Coehlo simply reinforces the simple prejudices those of us who aren't rich, famous or powerful might have against ...