By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho

June 7, 2006 12:38 AM

I also knew that from this moment on, I was going to experience heave and hell, joy and pain, dreams and hopelessness; that I would no longer be capable of containing the winds that blew from the hidden corners of my soul. I knew that from this moment on love woud be my guide — and that it had waited to lead me ever since childhood, when I had felt love for the first time. The truth is, I had never forgetten love even when it had deemed me unworthy of fighting for it. But love had been difficult and I had been reluctant to cross its frontiers.

This the first time I’ve read a book that is related to the Catholic faith except the Bible, of course. The book doesn’t merely concentrate on the 3 high beings we Catholics are aware of. It discusses about the feminine side of God — the Goddess — which could be the Virgin Mary or other female religious figures that other religions have. The female protagonist is torn between her love and her love’s strong faith. It was either he become a priest and share the gift he has or marry her and live a normal life. They were childhood friends and they haven’t seen each other for a very long time. She didn’t have any idea where he has gone to though they kept in touch by exchanging letters. It was hard for her to be with him at first, but, later on, she learned to accept him and tried to be open. As she did, she found out a lot about him. Instead of being greedy of wanting him all to herself, she decided it was best for him not to leave his seminary and continue spreading the gift… But she still didn’t want to lose him.

They made a very good decision in the end. If you want to know, you should read the book.

There were parts that barely made sense to me. Some I just had to skip. I was more interested of knowing what will happen to the two; what decision will they make. This book is really worth reading. I would have to see the other books written by the same author.

Since this so-called “review” is just plain nonsense, I suggest you head over to — http://bookreviews.nabou.com/reviews/bytheriverpiedra.html — as it has a good review about the book that you’ll be tempted to buy it.

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