Jonathan

Loved this story and recognize some people within his character.

Revisado: 12-09-20

Really fun and poignant story about a character that sounds very familiar if you know anybody that grew up in the 50s and 60s and likes machines. Great character analysis. Enjoyable escape from anxiety provoking world that we live in.

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Surprisingly insightful and profound while fun to listen

Revisado: 11-09-17

I decided to listen to this audiobook because I have listened to many deep stories and needed something a bit lighter. I found that it wasn’t light at all in content though. A real joy to listen to his stories, life lessons and analysis of life’s priorities. While some of the concepts are a bit naïve and life lessons learned almost entirely from the authors own failures, narrow as they may be, his worldview is refreshing and enlightening. He has a great way of explaining why our priorities and entitlements often lead us to feel unhappy and ultimately need to shift to be going to Godar’s and ourselves. This is not a how-to self-help book but definitely one of enlightenment. I will be buying this for a few other people as gifts.

As for the language, I think it lightens things up a bit and makes it more enjoyable to listen. His perspective is different from mine because of our different life experiences and people with whom we choose to associate but his concepts still cut across cultural barriers.

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Beautiful descriptions, slow moving story. Important themes about recent history in Colombia

Revisado: 09-21-17

I enjoyed this audiobook very much. My interest is in deciding to live in Colombia for a year and wanting to read a bit of historic fiction. The story is beautiful but it moves quite slowly. I enjoyed the characters, the slow revealing information, Took me quite a few months to complete as I kept on taking long pauses, needing to rewind and listen again to get caught up. The narrators voice is very deep and soothing. I was a bit disappointed that the pronunciations of Spanish words were very far off though. It would not be hard to teach a narrator how to pronounce major cities in Colombia and it would be less awkward. Bogotá and Medellin are not hard to pronounce. Some of the pronunciations almost seemed mechanical, like the name of the university whose acronym was used many times. I am still quite happy about this audiobook but disappointed in the editors for this oversight.

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Pleasantly surprised. Great inspiring story

Revisado: 03-11-17

I really knew nothing of this before listening other than the title. I had heard of this and it got good reviews so I decided to give it a try and had trouble stopping it. What a great inspiring and deep story about a boy who seeks the proverbial treasure in life. It's a great example of how the journey is the most important part of the path of life. Fun story that I would listen to you again for sure!

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Beginner level

Revisado: 01-16-16

I am a conversationally fluent MD. This is at a pretty low introductory level. I didn't realize that when I bought it. Nevertheless, well done.

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Gripping story.

Revisado: 11-29-15

I had read this book in eighth grade and now with new interest in refugees and migrants, I decided to revisit it. This is a great story and the dramatization in this audiobook is fantastic. I felt like I was there the whole time

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Outstanding book.

Revisado: 06-28-12

I read a number of negative reviews of this book, but I think many of them have misunderstood the meaning of the book. That is easy to do as it doesn't flow in a clear manner. However, the premise is fairly simple, that there is a subconscious moment that has a lot of information about how we think that influences our actions. All of his ideas relate to that. I think he did a great job with that simple premise. Wanting more out of the book is naive. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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