Reviews - Mein Name ist Emilia del Valle

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Mein Name ist Emilia del Valle

Isabel Allende

3.74 AVERAGE

bookishreadsandme's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

This is another captivating story by one of the world’s greatest historical fiction writers. By creating the fictional character of Emilia Del Valle, Allende tells you about a turbulent time in Chile’s history during a civil war. The writing is incredibly powerful and compelling, it was interesting to read about a period of history I knew nothing about.

Emilia is bold, inspiring and brave. Her fight to have her name printed in news articles she writes instead of a male pseudonym in a male dominated industry to her being physically on the battle front with other civilians shows you just how much courage she holds. The sheer determination she had to give ordinary citizens a voice by writing about them in her articles was remarkable. She also discovers love and is on her own personal quest to find her father.

It’s quite political and war-heavy yet important to learn about these devastating events from the past. Allende’s research is always impeccable.

My Name is Emilia Del Valle is a tale of self discovery, love, war and resilience. Another great book by Allende I devoured.

thebookgeekfrau's review against another edition

2.0

The Chilean civil war was interesting; the rest not so much. I skimmed over many parts.

katepprince's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous hopeful fast-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

ajnsmiths's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense

I love Isabel Allende’s writing. This one is the perfect mix of historical events and fictional characters that experience those events on a deeply personal level

“Being a woman is a serious inconvenience to success in general and particularly in a profession dominated almost entirely by men”

lostwithoutabook's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous reflective sad 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

catreads62's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous informative medium-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

I had never read Isabelle Allende but after hearing her interviewed I was fascinated by her and decided to try her latest. I’m not sure how this one compares to her others but this one was not great for me. Started out OK set in San Francisco but once we got to Chile(75 pages in)it became like a history lesson of the civil war in Chile. I learned some things about Chile but this was not enough . I would look forward to a memoir by Isabelle Allende though! She seems like a very interesting person!