Veronica decides to die-Paulo Coelho(review by Princy John)

"Veronika decides to die" is an inspirational novel which has been meticulously written down by Paulo Coelho .This novel feeds the mind of an inquisitive reader with the realisation that every second of existence is a choice we all make between living and dying .
             The protagonist of the novel,Veronika decides to commit suicide ,though she possessed beauty,wealth,boy friends and all other leisures that a typical young lady crave for.  She thought of the myriad ways of committing  suicide and finally switched on to taking an overdose of sleeping pills,only to wake up some time later in a mental hospital named Villete.
               Dr Igor ,the in charge of the hospital convince Veronika that her heart is now irreparably damaged and she has only few days to live her life. Veronika ,who is now admitted in the hospital started cracking a friendship with the inmates of this hospital who doesn't at all seem mad. Zedka was among the first and her ideas about life aroused a spark of surprise in Veronika.Zedka  believes that anyone who  lives in their own world is mad. Like schizoprenics, psychopaths,maniacs.  People who are different from others seems mad.
            
              Veronika had given up many of her desires so that her parents would continue to love her as they had when she was a child,even though she knew that real love changes and grows with time and discovers new ways of expressing itself. She failed to decipher the meaning of her own life and lost interest to live.   But  the very idea that those were to be her last days made her think over the topic "is life worth to live". Moreover the encounter with friends like Zedka  and Eduard was moulding her bit by bit .Eduard  never spoke to anyone as he was acting as a schizophrenic in order to escape from the hardship of reality.

         Dr Igor, who was watching the whole drama in silence was happy about their eloping. Because it was his idea to cook up a story that Veronika 's heart was irreparably damage .Dr. Igor knew that both Veronika and Eduard are perfectly normal except for their lack of interest towards life and fear of taking challenges.