ELEVEN MINUTES❤ (Book review)

NAME: Eleven Minutes.
AUTHOR: Paulo Coelho
PAGES: 320
RATE: 3.5/5
ORIGINAL TITLE: Onze Minutos.


Paulo Coelho has always been one of my favorite writers and I always trust his books to serve me something different each time. But Eleven Minutes is a novel that caught me off-guard. The plot is harsh and shocking, dealing with subjects from prostitution to crimes like people trafficking. Maria, the protagonist who's a beautiful but virgin heroine from Brazilian back-country, is tricked into going to Geneva as a 'dancer' and there, she falls down to prostitution.
The surprise is that in the sex industry, Maria learns to save her 'soul' and uncovers the core truths of humanity. Due to her charge of 1000 Swiss francs for the '11 minutes', she ends up quite rich as well as wise after a year and thus retires.
She then sets on a journey towards enlightenment after reading a book by a Brazilian sage and faces a dilemma in the form of two customers and has completely distinct and special experiences with both of them.
At the end, we are left wondering whether the lady should be compared to the blessed Virgin Mother Mary, or Mary Magdalen, the whore- or even worse, a little bit of both?♥

To conclude, this is one of the most emotionally rich Paulo Coelho books and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Do not go for it if you're looking for an easy-breezy read. Would highly recommend it if you are looking for something heavier and even darker though!