Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

Veronika Decides to Die (On the Seventh Day, #2)

by Paulo Coelho

The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho – a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dying.

Veronika has everything she could wish for. She is young and pretty, has plenty of boyfriends, a steady job, a loving family. Yet she is not happy; something is lacking in her life, and one morning she decides to die. She takes an overdose of sleeping pills, only to wake up some time later in the local hospital. There she is told that her heart is damaged and she has only a few days to live.

The story follows Veronika through these intense days as to her surprise she finds herself experiencing feelings she has never really felt before. Against all odds she finds herself falling in love and even wanting to live again…

Reviewed by clementine on

4 of 5 stars

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I've been meaning to read this book for years now, but somehow only got around to it last week. As with a lot of books that awe me, I don't even know what to really say about it. I loved the style of narration, I loved the characters, I loved the pacing, I loved everything about it, really. The only thing I didn't love was that Veronika didn't actually die. It wasn't entirely a copout, but I'm not always a fan of happy endings and I think I would have been happier if the ending had been a bit less miraculous.

(This is a really short review but I don't have much to say and I need to catch up on the other books I read while I was away so OH WELL.)

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