A very interesting and unique read to be honest. The book starts with a very similar journey as mentioned in several books before, the journey towards knowledge, and enlightenment. I followed the journey for the first 50 pages and found it to be similar to other books and left it. I definitely did not know what was coming for me when I took up reading it back again.
Before writing this review I searched through the internet to find if there were other people who felt the same way as me but didn't found anyone. So my review could be a very unpopular one. Siddhartha draws a comparison to Buddha's journey. The protagonist lives in a world when Buddha was alive, he meets him but is not inspired by him much.
I believe it's a good critic of the ways of preaching about Buddha and life itself. The protagonist starts with a simple life, learns what he is expected to learn, takes on a familiar journey as Buddha himself, yet finds himself nowhere. To understand, there is an importance in letting go of pleasure and suffering in life according to Buddha's teaching but only when you have experienced any suffering at all.
We teach kids about Buddha and meditation but what would be the point of that if they do not know what suffering is, what pain and pleasure are. When you have seen the world, live through the sufferings it makes sense to chose a path of enlightenment. To many people, Siddhartha's life may have taken corrupt ways in the latter half of the book but to me, Siddhartha wouldn't have understood enlightenment before giving into the world.

I have a similar concern when people say to be minimalistic, to not care about possessions. The truth is you cannot believe in all of these without being on the opposite side of that. What does it mean to be minimalistic for a person who doesn't possess too many things, to begin with? You cannot teach someone who has not experienced life to give it up before they even start their life.
Siddhartha does not discourage you towards a path of enlightenment, it motivates you to also live life. It's a great book for a cozy weekend.