Manuscripts Found in Accra Part 2

“Only he who gives up is defeated.  Everyone else is victorious.” - Paulo Coelho

         Great news, I have finally finished the Manuscripts Found in Accra. As told in my previous blog post Manuscripts Found in Accra Part 1, the book really connects to real life thoughts and actions. The book describes how we as humans feel about ourselves and how to respond to those feelings.What I would say the theme is that life consists of challenges but there are ways of overcoming those challenges.
     
          I would give this book a 4 out of 5 stars. The reason why I didn't give it a full 5 out of 5 is that instead of actually having a in-depth plot it was more of a question and answer type format.  Some quotes in the book that were inspirational in the book including the first are:

• “Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.” 
• “If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.” 
• “Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.” 
• “Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.” 

I hope that all those who are reading this blog will consider the Manuscripts Found in Accra  to be on there to-read list.

This video consists of an excerpt of the Manuscripts Found in Accra itself.




For those interested the next book that I am going to read and blog about is The Book Thief if I can get my hands on it. I have heard many reviews and recommendations about this book and hope to have those same feelings towards the book that everyone that recommended it did.