5.32k reviews for:

Åndernes hus

Isabel Allende

4.21 AVERAGE

cbsarah's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective medium-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

bjaimes's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annelisegordon's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

henryk_2557's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Breathtakingly epic. Legendary, even. Allende makes the emotionally wrenching saga of this family feel like the most important thing in all the world. Every character is beautiful, their stories alone would be enough to fill one's soul, yet we also see their inseparable stake in the dignity of their nation, and Allende's masterpiece becomes a bastion of Latin American democracy.

A new top ten novel, easy.   

hownovelle's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark 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: Yes

johannasteina's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Lol ég merkti við allt nema eitt í “mood”.

Mögnuð bók, ÓTRÚLEG ÞÝÐING, hlakka til að lesa þessa aftur og aftur og aftur.
Fullkomin bók. Það verður erfitt að lesa aðra bók á eftir þessari.

frogjustchillin's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

lainelaingoaway's review against another edition

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I cannot form any thoughts except you have to read this book 

meadowgrl's review against another edition

4.0

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I’ve now read Isabel Allende’s first novel published and her latest. I enjoy how she writes historical fiction revolved around true events but gives her own spin on them. However she doesn’t glamorize nor make the reader forget there’s truth behind her inspiration and therefore not everything has a happy ending because it would be untrue to try to rewrite the struggles people faced in the past. But she leaves the reader with a sense of hope for her characters. Which the same could be said for people who endured these historic events.

4.25 ⭐️

m_h_'s review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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"...on the date stipulated by law the left calmly came to power. And on that date the right began to stockpile hatred."

An eerily familiar turn of events. The chaotic magical realism genre continues to entrance me.