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The Prophet
Review By: Garima Agrawal
Pace: Slow to medium
Level: Intermediate
Genre: Fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family Drama
Triggers: Child Death, Violence, Sexual Abuse, Pedophila
Overview:
If an alchemist came from the family of spiritual literature, the prophet would be its ancestor.
'The Prophet', written by Khalil Gibran, is a prose poetry book that dives into humans and their different aspects, trying to offer a thought-provoking and timeless wisdom.
This is one of those books that I really can't write a review on because it's really short, and I really don't have a lot to say about it.
The reason I picked it up was that I really needed a short read to get back in my reading grove and I feel like I have a steady pace, and I'm just a sucker for philosophical discussions and quotable lines that I can memorise by heart and use later.
The book felt like something you'd read while the sun set down, with a soft ring to the wind and no work to do after the day. It really does put so many different things into such beautiful words. The writing is poetic and simply immaculate. The lines made me stop for a second and appreciate the simplicity of the things said.
That's all I have to say. It's a book for people who enjoy talking about life, purpose, love, spirituality, meaning and life. It's for people who believe in philosophical discussions and dwell in them.
The book pretty much flows through and isn't something that'll take a lot of time, but I'd still recommend people to read 2 to 3 chapters a day and think about what they feel about the particular subject to get the most use out of the book.
Overall, a short cute read for people who enjoy philosophical stuff.
There are some really beautiful quotes, one of them being
" When you love you should not say, 'God is in my heart,' but rather, 'I am in the heart of god.' "
One-line review: Alchemist but poetic, without the treasure hunt and also on steroids.
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