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This is a discussion topic for the January 2025 Book of the Month, "The Riddle of Alchemy" by Paul Kiritsis.

What is your overall opinion of the book? What do you like most about it? What do you like the least? What did you think of the writing style? What genre is the book? What genres are woven into the text? What did you think of the cover and title? What was the greatest lesson you learned from the book? Will you recommend the book to other people? Why or why not?

Please remember to add your actual rating using the book's page on the Bookshelf.

My overall rating of the book is 5 out of 5 stars. I enjoyed the in-depth exploration of alchemy, philosophy, science, spirituality and history. It's a very good and emphatic book.

I found the writing good. I must say I loved how flowing it was. The author made sure that the points raised were substanted, and that impressed me immensely.

Generally, I will rate the book 5 out of 5 stars as related to the quality of information in the book.

The overall rating for the book should be 5 out of 5 stars, The reason is the good storyline of the book.

It can't be a perfect rating, because I found the technical parts hard to read. The magnitude of old scientific theories and chemical processes was off-putting for me.