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emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Graphic: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Abortion
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Não dava pra saber exatamente onde o livro tava me levando apesar de eu saber de todo o plot, é mais do que tava escrito. Amei Clara e sofri mt com a morte dela, odiei Esteban mas no fim a autora conseguiu me fazer o odiar um pouco menos, e gosto de Blanca e Alba.
Aliás, só eu shipei a clara com o pedro segundo?
Qnd a parte da eleição da esquerda começou o livro ficou SURREAL, destaquei páginas seguidas de páginas.
To mt emocionada com o fim do livro, e apesar de toda a dificuldade com a leitura (n sei pq frases tão longas, me perdi e tive que reler várias vezes), foi um livro lindo, e super necessário. Sabe quando a gente fala q viagem não é gasto é investimento? Esse livro é um investimento, uma experiência que ainda bem eu não deixei passar.
Aliás, só eu shipei a clara com o pedro segundo?
Qnd a parte da eleição da esquerda começou o livro ficou SURREAL, destaquei páginas seguidas de páginas.
To mt emocionada com o fim do livro, e apesar de toda a dificuldade com a leitura (n sei pq frases tão longas, me perdi e tive que reler várias vezes), foi um livro lindo, e super necessário. Sabe quando a gente fala q viagem não é gasto é investimento? Esse livro é um investimento, uma experiência que ainda bem eu não deixei passar.
Very much in the vein of similar family epics from Central and South America, The House of Spirits weaves politics, magic, and family relations together very nicely. It runs a bit long at times, and Allende uses heavy-handed foreshadowing to keep readers involved, but overall an enjoyable read.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Un libro imprescindible, escrito de manera magistral y que permite seguir la vida de cuatro generaciones dejandote al final con ganas de más.
La brutalidad de los hombres y su egoismo, frente a la capacidad de lucha e inteligencia de las mujeres. Clara, Blanca y en especial Alba, son personajes que se quedan contigo para siempre.
La brutalidad de los hombres y su egoismo, frente a la capacidad de lucha e inteligencia de las mujeres. Clara, Blanca y en especial Alba, son personajes que se quedan contigo para siempre.
This read turned gripping eventually, after starting out a bit slow to build the world and introduce the times and characters, in typical Allende fashion.
I found myself hooked before long and I couldn’t help but admire the writing style. It managed to be both graphic and diplomatic at times … it is a mixture of ‘showing’ and ‘telling’ and it works well.
I’m not sure many could pull of making a political read addictive but it does get very political, showing lots of unrest on both sides. She also gave readers an impossibly strong FMC to adore and admire, especially when things got truly dark.
Touching and thought-provoking.
4 stars.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
truly a spectacular epic family drama set in an unnamed latin american country that is likely informed by the author's own ties to chile as well as seeing the experience mirrored in many other places; the trigger warming list is 3 miles long, but the instances feel sad/historical > gratuitous, and somehow the novel is simultaneously capable of describing the tiny tragedies of every day life and also the building/destruction of entire governments/countries -- could not wholly get past the jarring nature of some of the language and multiple viewpoints but nonetheless a novel that left me reeling
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Colonisation, War, Classism