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Book Review

BOOK
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Author: Robin Sharma
Illustrator: None
Setting: Dar and Julian’s home
Characters: Dar, Julian Mantle
Number of pages: 198
Genre: Philosophical

Dar was on the floor, he lay there at gunpoint. story will lead you? I suggest you read this
Who was trying to kill him? Himself. How did book and embark on a deep and meaning-
he come to this? Dar was a businessman, a hotel ful journey.
owner, and a realtor. He had a great life, however,
it all went downhill when his wife left him. This A million copies of this bestseller have been
proves the points that are portrayed in the book sold. My favorite quote out of the many I
such as, “Too much money is the same as having know is, “Have fun with money, but know
too much on your spoon and getting tired of it”, when to stop.”
and “Money will all go to waste with one wrong
move”. He stayed at one of his motels, gained I think the author tried to resemble Dar’s jour-
weight, started to drink a lot, and fell into depres- ney of enlightenment with this book. He tried
sion. to convey the morals he had learned along the
way. There are many other life lessons he is yet to
After few weeks of failed suicide attempts, he uncover but these life lessons will be portrayed
met a famous monk named Julian Mantle. Once in his many other books, sequels of “The Monk
a famous and rich person, he used to own sev- Who Sold His Ferrari.”
eral Ferrari cars and went on multiple vacations
and trips. However, one day, he realized the truth In this story, my favorite character has to be Ju-
about this world, that so many people are blind lian. He is a witty, funny yet charming guy. I felt
to see. Due to this realization, he sold his Ferrari pity for Dar because of what he had been through
cars and went off to be a monk in Nepal. He re- but without that, he wouldn’t have met Julian. My
turned to his homeland along with some of his favorite part of the story is when Dar and Julian
fortune. He made a fresh start and is now inspir- first meet at a philosophy panel discussion, where
ing people. Dar was in the audience.

Newborns are pure and unafraid. They are like This story teaches many morals, like “You live
new seedlings. No matter how you raise, treat, or your life for yourself, not for someone else”, “Ac-
grow that seed, it will always have a real-world cepting your mistakes is the hardest thing to do”
aura. There is a truth about this world and it’s and many more.
ugly, but you have to open your eyes to face it. It
may be your wrong doings. The truth is limitless. I recommend this book to people who are in-
It’s a process of opening your eyes that leads you terested in philosophy and life lessons, as this
to see it and achieve happiness in your life. Julian book is full of morals and you will learn a lot.
is now Dar’s trainer and he will teach Dar how to At the same time, I do not recommend this
stop living his sad life, living in fear of taking an- book for people who get easily bored or
other step. This process of awakening has seven people who are sensitive to graphic sub-
steps. Will Dar awaken his inner spirit? What is jects that were portrayed in some parts
this truth? Are you curious to know where this of the book.
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