YMMV / The Alchemist

• Narm: For some people, the books comes off very much like Paulo Coelho has an inflated view of how wise and profound he is.
• Older Than They Think: Talk to any teacher who's taught this book in their class, and they'll tell you about students being outraged that it's "a rip-off of Harry Potter''." This book was written nine years before Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', and the story of the Philosopher's Stone has existed for hundreds of years before that.

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