At its core, a fantasy, pseudo-spiritual book about a shepherd deciding to follow his dream.
It got me hooked because I'm into middle easterner stories. It has some valuable (abstract) life lessons that are worth restating and remembering. The most important one for me: follow your dream fully, without being afraid of the failure.
Only no-s0-good part of the book: some of the concepts were really thrown in my face (e.g. favourability).
Overall, a short, easy-to-read story about life. I really liked it.