my mum was one of the first people to import the celestine prophecy into this country for sale. i am ashamed that my family in any way contributed to anyone reading it. it's awful. i mean, hyperbole is everywhere in the world, but it genuinely is the worst book i've ever tried to read. i'd rather read my own semen than read a page of it again. you could write a better book using just the words available in your average speak-and-spell. it's AWFUL. i couldn't read more than two pages at a time without putting it down and going off to brush the bile off of my teeth. WORST book ever, WORST WORST WORST. the author should be hurt.