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Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

tkoch's review

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adventurous slow-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

4.0

tpeirona's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.0

Allende is a wonderful writer but damn was this book dense AF, just paragraphs after paragraphs of straight description. The story was good, I particularly enjoyed the scenes in San Francisco and Sacramento during the gold rush but I think that's also because I grew up in the Bay Area. It felt like things jumped around a little too much for my liking in that whole chapters would be side quests from the main storyline. Read this just to get it off my TBR physical shelf as it had been languishing there for years.

desdemona0b4b9's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

sandra_buckwell's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

4.0

amydieg's review

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1.0

Quite possibly the worst book I have ever read.

megreads379's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.25

cam_paz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.25

kzukoz's review against another edition

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4.0

3,5/5

Me gusto mucho este libro como todos los de Allende. Tanto el inicio como el desarrollo son atrapantes y te dan ganas de seguir leyendo sin parar a medida que se avanza en la historia. El libro va decayendo más hacia el final, donde se siguen agregando personajes y detalles que dan vueltas en si mismos y tienen un final incierto o apresurado. Me decepciona que los personajes principales acaben con todos sus problemas, o dejen incognitas abiertas, en las últimas diez paginas. Hay momentos en los que Allende habla sobre hechos futuros, como siempre hace, que luego no los vuelve a mencionar como acostumbra, por lo que da la sensación de que todo el último acto fue escrito a las corridas sin poder cerrar argumentos (o sin saber como hacerlo). Aun asi la historia me gustó y sus personajes me cautivaron, es entretenido y no tan complejo, pero interesante, por lo que se puede hacer una buena lectura ligera.

kity09's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional relaxing medium-paced

4.0

njw13's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.5