The Witch of Portobello – I didn’t find the novel as interesting as The Alchemist. I know it is not a good practice to compare a book with another one. Each has its unique elements and settings. But since The Alchemist was the first book I read of the author, now automatically I compare his author books with the masterpiece so far.

The novel is about a lady – Athena, who is an orphan. She was adopted by a couple without children and since then she is their world. But Athena, on the other hand, behaves weirdly (as it seems) at times. She behaves like a sorceress, spiritual person, or at times too matured for her age. And thus she grows up. At the age of nineteen she marries her boyfriend from college, and persists on having a child soon. Things happen as she wishes. But going forward, his married life ends abruptly. They separate from each other. But she is very much attached and protective about her son – Viorel. Athena meets different people – (more…)