Veronika is checked in an hospital where they put her in an narcotic coma to protect her from the damage she done to herself. Unfortunately, the storytelling landslide doesn't stop there. Oh Lord, where's my suspension of disbelief? Apparently, it's hung on a wall in one of Paulo Coelho's mansions. Call his minimalism if you want, but all we get is that "everything in Veronika's life was similar" and that "she had a deep feeling of uselessness". Now, one would expect a writer to describe in two gut-wrenching chapters what's wrong with the life of his character, so that the reader can actually relate. She's good looking, she had friends, a job, a future, but for some reason, she decides to commit suicide by sleeping pills overdose. Or you love him unconditionally or you want to beat him up with a shovel. He is the writer of novels such as The Alchemist and By The Piedra River, I Sat Down And Made A Fool Of Myself.wait? Yeah I forgot to say. He's a very religious man, but the closest he got to priesthood was attending Jesuit school at a toddler. Writer: Let's clear a myth, Paulo Coelho is not a priest.
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