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| The Celestine Prophecy | 
 enlarge | Author: James Redfield
Publisher: Warner Books, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  926 reviews
Sales Rank: 3256
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 246
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0446671002
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446671002
ASIN: 0446671002
Publication Date: November 1, 1997
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 Ambrosia for True Believers June 14, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'd like to call this thing "tripe" but tripe is something actually useful--you can make menudo with it. Garbage can be compacted and used to make...something. Using those standards, "The Celestine Prophecy" is of some use, too. It gives True Believers a mythos to base their impossible faith in.
Ron Braithwaite
 Look elsewhere for good fiction and/or philosophy May 30, 2008
The Celestine Prophesy either tried to be a philosophical explanation of life's events presented by the use of fiction, or a fictional story about a man's search for meaning. No matter the intent, Redfield succeeds at neither as the philosophy lacks depth and the storyline is without any gusto.
If this book has any merit it is a result of establishing at least enough curiosity in what was to come next to finish the book. On this basis alone, I gave it two stars instead of one. However, if you are looking for entertaining fiction or thought provoking insight, there are far better books that are much more worthy of your time.
Really bad book. May 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book because of the many times people had told me over the years that it had "changed their life". I struggled with the writing in the first chapter but figured it had to get better. I mean, this book was a total sensation - it had to be good, right? WRONG. It reads like it was written by an 8th grader. The plot is ridiculous. The "insights" are obvious and nothing new. I'll give you the best "insight" of all: Don't waste a moment of your precious time reading this book.
Gift May 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a gift. I struggled through it. The fiction aspect was poorly written. The philosophical aspect seemed to come from Eric Berne's work. The historical references were way off from what is currently known about Peru and the dates involved. I personally found the jargon tedious. Characterization was thin. Once again, the Roman Catholic Church was the 'bad guy'. That also gets tiresome. So many people found this book to be helpful in their outlook on life so for that, I gave it 2 stars. For me --- it was much less enlightening and inspiring than other works I've read.
 Memorable Spiritual Adventure Tale! May 10, 2008
I had heard of this book for many years and always meant to read it. Some of my spiritual friends were totally blown away by the insights in this book. My critical friends were hostile to CP. But that's how critics tend to be. So I didn't pay them too much attention.
I've read books similar to this by Carlos Castaneda, Richard Bach, Dan Millman and other writers. That's why I could appreciate where James Redfield was coming from. If anyone has little patience for these types of books, I wouldn't recommend CP to you at all.
I found that the book has a beautiful style of writing that combines a surface-level action plot with inspirational teachings. The insights are sincerely explored and build upon one another in each chapter but you never feel that you are being preached at. The writing style is more exploratory but with the genuine expectation that these insights can actually transform individuals and collectively our planet.
I like that hopeful message in this book and that's the biggest reason to read this book. Other books similar to CP include the writers I mentioned above and a special mention for Paulo Coelho's The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom and an unusually beautiful new book "Nexus: A Neo Novel."
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