Official Review: Dancing with Sophia by Ramalho Almeida

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Re: Official Review: Dancing with Sophia by Ramalho Almeida

Post by Job Njoroge »

Great book for those on the journey to self-discovery am sure the book will be of help to many. Great work on the review keep it up.
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This is a book with great lessons to learn. I believe everyone has those moments of confusion and lack of discipline.
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I love the book...The book is educative in the way it portrays the importance of social interaction and how it affects our day to day outlook though there is some break in the flow of the story.
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Great review. Though I had no interest in reading spiritual or motivational book, I wish readers would greatly enjoy this book. Thanks for your insights.
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While reading the review, the description reminds me of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. A man needs to change his ways, so he meets 3 unlikely people who help him see the errors of his ways. Anyone who is looking to read about a spiritual journey is bound to enjoy this. Congrats on book of the day! Great review!
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I think this book is very enlightening however I may not read it cause I think it is not interesting enough and as per your review there's nothing unique in this story but very good review
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The name of the book didn't suggest any spiritual journey, I was thinking of Dancing with the stars :D Fiction does work well for delivering spiritual concepts purpose.
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Post by rusyalana »

It sounds like a psychological book. For me Abner, Inesa and Sophia are like the three spirits of Christmas who've come to reform a person, in this case, a self-absorbed Baingana and teach him three lessons: how to develop a disciplined mind, how to understand a human heart and how to live a life and not to forget that there are people around you. Must be interesting....
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The book is one of my best as with the name I just feel I need to know what 'Dancing with Sophia' mean.We see Baingana loosing job and girlfriend and now leaving where he always live to visit a friend where he ended up seeing another beautiful lady boarding then followed here.Baingan then met the old man Abner,who told him he is the father of the lady and he is not mature enough to dance with Sophia therefore took him to granddaughter who trained him how to appreciate people around them.
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Seems like this has the potential to be deeply motivating on a personal level.
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Writing dialogue driven works seems like a very difficult task and takes talent to execute well. For this reason I do not know if I would be interested in this book based on the review. It seems like an interesting concept with plenty going on but I have an issue with reading run on sentences (which is ironic because I have a habit of using them!). That being said it still seems like it could be an interesting book so I am happy that it is the book of the day, giving people the chance to read it!
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I like the idea of the man learning life lessons through the people he meets, even if they are only in his dream. I think I would enjoy this book.
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Great review. This seems like an interesting story, I love the expectation you give to me as a reader so I don't go in blind and then disappointed. :)
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This seems pretty different from the types of books I normally read. Sounds pretty interesting! Great review!
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Post by Alice Heritage »

It's interesting that when Baingana hits rock bottom, he has this dream or vision that takes the form of a spiritual journey. It's a shame that this didn't break any new ground, but then again it's always good to be reminded of these spiritual messages - a refresher course, as you say.
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