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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
This book was like a lecture. Emilia's droning on and on sucked all of the magic out of the book. I had to stop when the spicy scene turned into a personal history lesson and biology lecture mixed together.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
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
challenging
emotional
inspiring
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
Liked it well enough, wasn't the right time.
Thoughts
I am a fan of Allende, I mean who isn't right?, so I was so excited when I received this eARC.
This book was a great historical fiction novel not only about the struggles of women in publishing and journalism but also about Chile. As the main character goes to Chile to cover the war. And you learn a lot.
However, the story is so well told you just can't put it down. The characters are fascinating and just great and multi-faceted.
This is such a great historical fiction novel!
I am a fan of Allende, I mean who isn't right?, so I was so excited when I received this eARC.
This book was a great historical fiction novel not only about the struggles of women in publishing and journalism but also about Chile. As the main character goes to Chile to cover the war. And you learn a lot.
However, the story is so well told you just can't put it down. The characters are fascinating and just great and multi-faceted.
This is such a great historical fiction novel!
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
informative
slow-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
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
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:
No
(Thanks to Ballantine Books & Netgalley for a review copy.) Emilia del Valle is intense and so ahead of her time! The war atrocities described in here made me glad I was listening to it and could breeze by some of the descriptions of war - it was hard to imagine all the gore. What happened to Emilia at the end seemed to all make sense given what she went through during the Chilean Civil War. It was really fun to read about the cross-continental railroad and the novelty of it back then. I was a little surprised with the love story arc - didn’t expect that coming. I do kind of wish there was a reckoning with her Papo bc he sounded like a wonderful person who knew how to love unconditionally. Papo was prob my fave character - I wish I could be that for my kids.