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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
This was a really disappointing read for me! I’ve really enjoyed Isabel Allende’s books in the past, and I was excited to see this come out. I thought the history was quite interesting but most everything else fell flat for me. I didn’t really care for Emelia— I liked the idea of who she was and the concept of her journey, but when we got to the end and she was in jail and beaten and almost killed I wasn’t moved at all??? I said oh? Hm! Eric and their love story felt so out of place and unnecessary. I did enjoy some of the side characters, including Angelita and Rufina, but I didn’t really care about most of them!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
DNF at 53%
Not me DNF'ing a second book this month...
I tried. Oh, how I tried. This is a SHORT book and it was like pulling teeth trying to read. I was so excited for this book, and I had 0 motivation to read it once I started.
Again, I didn't finish, so I can't give a full review, but the writing style is what really did it for me. It was somehow too long winded and too abrupt at the same time. This is memoir style book, but the main character felt disconnected from the story to me (like she was just along for the ride while things happened to and around her). Parts of the story that needed more details had none, and unimportant details would go on for pages.
Maybe I'll revisit this at some point, and no hate to the author, this was just not the read for me.
Not me DNF'ing a second book this month...
I tried. Oh, how I tried. This is a SHORT book and it was like pulling teeth trying to read. I was so excited for this book, and I had 0 motivation to read it once I started.
Again, I didn't finish, so I can't give a full review, but the writing style is what really did it for me. It was somehow too long winded and too abrupt at the same time. This is memoir style book, but the main character felt disconnected from the story to me (like she was just along for the ride while things happened to and around her). Parts of the story that needed more details had none, and unimportant details would go on for pages.
Maybe I'll revisit this at some point, and no hate to the author, this was just not the read for me.