First time was a bit confusing, but I'm definitely going to read it one more time. Potentially 5/5
      

        I've never felt so deeply emotional by any other book / movie / videogame regarding the world war.
      

        I'm not rating this book, because I didn't read it in a way that I usually read books. I didn't hate or enjoy, rather experienced it. 
I believe it's an amazing experience to have a full inside view to such person's mind. I understand when it comes to millions of lives lost, it becomes a sensitive subject. I see how people directly involved in the matter can resent everything about this book and it's doctrine. However, I don't think a full censorship is a good approach. People need to read this and judge for themselves.
      

        I'm not gonna imply that this book is overrated, but I certainly didn't get what I was hoping for from it.
      

        نظراتمون به این کتاب خواسته یا ناخواسته تحت تاثیر شهرت و فضای اطرافش قرار گرفته و رعایت حد انصاف سخته. معمولا سمت چنین کتاب‌هایی که در این حد تبلیغ میشن نمیرم. اما یک نسخه‌ی صوتی با روایت محسن نامجو باعث شد بعد این همه وقت بهش گوش بدم.

بعد از تموم شدنش همزمان هم بهش حس خوبی داشتم هم بد. حس بد به حرف نهایی و جان کلامش که خیلی روحانی‌تر از چیزی بود که من هستم. حس خوب به نحوه‌ی بیان زیبا و داستان نسبتا جذاب و از همه مهم‌تر، روایت محشر محسن نامجو و موسیقی و صداسازی قشنگی که برای این کتاب آماده کرده بود.

در پایان می‌تونم بگم کیمیاگر نه اون شاهکاری بود که دوستای اسپیریچوالم می‌گفتن زندگیمو تغییر میده، نه اون مزخرف کلیشه‌ای که دوستای واقع‌بینم میگفتن نباید سمتش رفت. کاملا یه تجربه‌ی متفاوت بود و خوشحالم که رخ داد.
      

        خوندنش دو ماهی طول کشید. به عنوان یه سرگرمی اگه بهش نگاه کنم، بیشتر از کاری مثل تلویزیون نگاه کردن رضایت‌بخش بود و از وقتی که برای خوندنش گذاشتم راضی‌ام. لحن نوشتار و ترجمه بسیار حرفه‌ای بود.
اما به عنوان یه کتاب مجموعه داستان کوتاه، برای من در حد «خوب» باقی موند. چند تا از داستان‌ها رو دوست داشتم، بعضی‌ها صرفا قشنگ نوشته شده بودن.
      

        Lots of biased 1 and 5 stars probably given to author himself and not the book.
I didn't love nor hate 12 Rules for life. it could be shorter, but I listened to the audiobook with 2x speed (read by the author).
There was some useful points made in the book, Although I don't agree with 100% of them.
Overall it was rather good. I don't think that I wasted my time listening to it.
7/10
      

        Neil Gaiman is by far my most favorite storyteller. Or at least is in the top 3 (the other two being Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie). He Can just go through his shopping list and I will be fascinated by how delicately he puts the words together and pronounces them. When I found out that he narrated the audiobook himself, I just couldn't miss it. He didn't disappoint me.
      

        Easy 5/5 for me.
I, not being aware of this book, watched the adapted movie a few years ago. while the movie was quite enjoyable, I trust nothing can compare to this masterful piece of literature.
It saddens me that I'm running out of Patrick Süskind's books. there's a few left, but only can be found in the original language. For the first time in my life I've actually considered learning German.
      

        I was 8 years old when I read this book, 5 minutes ago.
      

        It was all right. I kept asking myself: why am I reading this book? Is it only because it was nominated for something? And the answer is positive.
      

        I'll come back when I'm 60+ years old and will update my review, but for now, It was a long boring fake history book to me. I'm not saying it's badly written (to be fair, it's flawless), but to appreciate this book fully, to find hidden clues and connect the dots, you need to invest months and months into this and the preceding books. That wasn't my intention. therefore, the 2 star rating is based only on my experience.
      

        The Witcher 3 (game) is by far the best piece of multimedia I've came across to this day. So my expectations were much higher than what this book could offer. I can't help but compare this book to "A game of thrones". Judging only by the first volumes, AGOT is the obvious winner.
I listened to/read a mixture of the audiobook and ebook and I can't really recommend the audiobook. It was decent, but not engaging enough.
      

        The time-travel children book I needed as an adult.
      

        The first half was exactly what I wanted from a time-travel science fiction. Unexpected events, new ideas, not too verbose, the logic was solid. However, the second half felt like an average episode of Rick and Morty.