Read this mind boggling book by Paulo Coelho....Veronika is this good looking girl who is living a decent life and has nothing to complain about and yet she decides to end her life, she takes sleeping pills and survives but she is told by the doctors that her heart is irreparably damaged and that she only has 7 days to live.....she spends these 7 days in this mental institution where she re-discovers herself ,falls in love with another schizophrenic guy,elopes with him and wants to live again counting everyday as a miracle where actually the doctor has lied to her and she can actually live as there is nothing wrong with her heart.....Doctor hs lied to her because he is experimenting on her and wants to see the effect of this news on her.....
Well...all of the above sounds like a whole lot of crapola and thats what I thought when I began reading this book...I was bored and couldnt sleep one sunday night...but when I started reading it, I couldnt put it down...
For one, everything in this book has been described in a very matter-of-factly way as is the style of Paulo Coelho....plus its also a true story and presented in such a vivid fashion that one can actually understand the madness which leads a person to commit suicide....Nowhere in this book the author has made any attempt to create sympathy for Veronika or any other character......its a must read for those who are really interested in understanding the human psyche.....
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