The Witch of Portobello

De: Paulo Coelho

Narrado por: Rita Wolf

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of who we are?



That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho’s profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice.

©2006 Paulo Coelho; ©2007 Margaret Jull Costa; (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers

good listen

enjoyed listening to this. great story with an unexpected twist at the end. wish the male characters had been a male voice but that is a personal preference.

Compelling, though not my fave delivery

This story is incredible, and I’m grateful I continued, despite the delivery not being my fave of the Paulo Coelho books I’ve listened to. I found the accents a bit distracting sometimes

Not my favorite by Coelho but not bad

I feel that the method of delivery the author chose to tell the story somewhat hampered the overall ability to describe a spiritual journey. Coello chose to tell his story by a series of interviews, so some of the truth is muddled with rumor and spite by the surrounding characters. Well that made for good drama, I feel that it miss the mark for what he was trying to accomplish with this story. I really couldn't get a sense what the journey was supposed to be like for the main character because this.

I thought it was very well done

Other reviews on this title cite as faults the very things I thought made this book great. You get to know the main character via interviews given by those who knew her. It narrator does a good job of making each interviewee's voice distinct.
The only complaint I have about this book is the stupid music between chapters. When will Audible learn that music added to books is a terrible idea?

Story to devour in one breath:)

Exciting story, unconventional, peculiar . Similar to the usual mysterious style of Coelho, but a bit more grounded . Making us think, how society isn’t ready for anything beyond the norms of conditional NORMAL.

Interesting take on Religion, Love, and Tolerance

Very different style compared to his other books however its well written and the story is put together very well.

Great story! Not what I expected!

I’ll start off by saying that I’m a huge fan of Paulo Coelho, so I may be a little biased. I thought the story what great. I like that they took the time to fully develop the main character! The reason I gave it 5 stars is because I went into expecting the story to go a certain way, and when it finally seemed like it was finally heading in that direction it took on an entirely different direction and I thought that was brilliant of the author! If you like stories of self discovery, this is the book for you!

Very good !

Very good ! Another masterpiece from Coelho. Recommended to read.

Interesting story and learn from the book.
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Good but not Great

The Good- I appreciate the author's different styles of writing, and if I had not read other works from the author maybe I would not have understood some of his personal reflections in this work. It is better than ok but not quite worth the rating of good. I would give it 3.5 stars. I will probably listen to this book one more time and then it will just sit in my library. The Bad- I HATED the music in between chapters... Very off putting and I was not crazy about the narrators presentation at all. I found myself confused by the different characters and I blame part of that on the narrator. Maybe I will get more out of this book the second round... But I doubt it.

Opinions are, of course, always very personal!!

In this stage of my life this book’s story not only points to the most important thing for me, Love, as it defines the way possible, “it just/simply is”. What a profound statement.
Like other good books, we can find, fallow and fell lots of different characters, get lost in the story and our imagination, and surely enough get back on tract by unexpected events.
Thanks to everybody for an amazing work.
Kind Regards, Ricardo Delgado