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The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

31 reviews

neomellow's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

tengo varios conflictos con este libro, tiene muy buena sinopsis y se queda en eso porque la ejecución deja mucho que desear. hay tramas que son explicadas ampliamente que no aportan nada al tema principal, por ejemplo la trama amorosa de 2 de los personajes principales. a samuel se le conoce de frente, uno llega de lleno a su historia al igual que a la de leticia, sin embargo a anita se le presenta como si fuera un expediente más, esto puede ser intencional pero hace que la conexión con ella sea mucho más difícil. quitando a samuel realmente no conecté con ningún personaje, muchas veces se siente como si leyeras un recuento de hechos en algún portal de noticias. y por otro lado los capítulos de anita son insufribles, son los únicos narrados en primera persona y se entienden como un diálogo interno, sin embargo son muy cansados. 
no es un mal libro, puede que solamente no sea para mí. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lhkellerman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

aartob's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Infidelity and Trafficking

Minor: Rape, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Stalking

hana_sciart's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Minor: Child abuse and Terminal illness

mbstepniak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

I love me some Isabel Allende but this is definitely not her finest work. I don’t know if it’s poor translation or what, but this did not have her usual beautiful cadence and attention to detail. I did appreciate the comparison between Jewish children sent to English families during the Holocaust and families getting their children to safety from south of the US. It’s the first comparison I’ve seen made there and it was powerful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

srcamacho93's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

The way Isabel Allende work around historical events to great stories that relate to their readers is amazing. I saw the foreshadowing half way through the book and I didn’t want to accepted but it happened. I do love the relationship that Samuel and Leticia have and the relationship that Samuel and Anita develop. 

The book talks about so many topics and I like how Allende connects the characters stories. At l was lost of where the book was going but half way to connected smoothly. I enjoyed this read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence

drrock's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Murder

lucawartna's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book didn’t work for me, because it combined two things that should not be combined: on the one hand this book was dealing with extremely heavy traumatic events (as a new mom I cried twice)…. But on the other hand it creates cozy, light found-family vibes with storylines that were interwoven in a forced way (which works in a cozy popcorn read… but not this!).
Isabel Allende is really good in creating fleshed-out, real human characters, and showing the good and the evil. That’s something she did well in this book too for some characters - but some people got more character development than others. And the bad guy was just there for the plot. 
I feel like a rewrite/a good editor could’ve gotten this to a 4-star read, so that’s a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Stalking

tiff1799's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Loved this! I love how it all connected together and how each of the characters, despite coming  from different backgrounds, endured similar painful experiences and emotions during their lives without even realising it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sfwathen's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Abandonment