' A Fable about following your dream' as the tagline suggest, it’s a book that talks about dreams and why should you follow your dreams. I have been wanting to read The Alchemist since childhood quite obvious because of the great hype it has created and people do talk a lot about it. Now only I got a chance to grab it and read it, is it really a great book?? Lets see. It is a story of a shepherd boy from Spanish province of Andalusia who dreams of travelling the world in search of treasure. He follows his heart and in his journey he meets several people, travels varied terrains where he meets the Alchemist. This forms the most of the story. It’s a book that has lot of hidden meanings Positives The whole theory is great, because it tells everything has a destiny and in your path to destiny , should be able to identify omens which eventually will lead you to it. There are a lot of great lines which I think can be passed on to several generations,helps the book to get into next le...