5.32k reviews for:

Åndernes hus

Isabel Allende

4.21 AVERAGE

dominiquecamargo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

deltajuliet83's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Didn't realize this was the third in a series, no wonder it wasn't making sense.

scrambledmegwithcheese's review against another edition

3.0

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I did not have a good time reading this. It is dark and upsetting and unfair. It was also funny and joyful and nuanced and real. The epilogue made the painful reading experience worthwhile and made the whole story quite beautiful. It was such an emotionally taxing read that I am not sure I would read it again but I’m very glad that I did.

irmadk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

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Epic family story

meggles's review against another edition

2.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sublimejake's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

vero_cozybookreading's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

juliacarbonell's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

paulablanc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Hace mucho tiempo un libro no me llegaba de esta manera. Me impactó, me rompió, en varios momentos tuve que pausar la lectura para asimilar las cosas horribles que pasaban.
Un libro increíble, me permite en varios momentos hacer una reflexión sobre varios aspectos que seguimos viviendo. Años pasan y los discursos políticos son los mismos, regresan los mismos argumentos. La historia no mantiene un final, sino que se repite y muchas veces tiene que ver con el olvido.

"Escribo, ella escribió, que la memoria es frágil y el transcurso de una vida es muy breve y sucede todo tan deprisa, que no alcanzamos a ver la relación entre los acontecimientos, no podemos medir la consecuencia de los actos, creemos en la ficción del tiempo, en el presente, el pasado y el futuro, pero puede ser también que todo ocurre simultáneamente,..."

julielund's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes