![]() ![]() Redfield has admitted he is more of a social commentator than a novelist, and the book reads as if it is a set of ideas with the convention of a novel foisted onto it. This book is not highbrow literature, but on the other hand critical praise or condemnation is irrelevant for a large portion of the reading public - we want to know if our friends liked a book - and it was word of mouth that turned Celestine into a hyperseller. The first group of readers focus on the of the writing the second hone in on Redfield's messages, codified in the nine insights woven into the story. ![]() The two most common reactions to it are 'This is utter trash' and 'It changed my life'. The Celestine Prophecy was the biggest-selling book in the world for three years in the late 1990s. ![]()
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