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The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

9 reviews

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

sunny_bumblebee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Trafficking, Alcohol, and War

himpersonal's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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? No

3.75

In some ways, a very different kind of story for Allende, and in others, still so clearly her voice writing about the issues important to her through multiple generations. An important story that needed to be told.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hagen69's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Deeply emotional and thought-provoking. Pretty on-the-nose with little space for ambiguity. No thinking of your own required.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Dementia, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

moondreaming's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

pomoevareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

Telling the stories of a young boy separated from his family during the time of Nazi controlled Germany and moved to England via the Kindertransport and many years later in the United States at the Mexico border where a young girl is detained separately from her mother and goes into the care system while their asylum is considered, The Wind Knows My Name is a special book.

I have been a reader of Isabel Allende’s since 2005/6 when I first read The House of the Spirits. I have read almost all of her books and they are all dear to me.  Much like her previous novels, Allende opens the door to parts of history (and present in this case) and creates an emotional tie to the periods.

The two timelines converge and if you don’t shed tears then what kind of monster are you. It is at once heartbreaking and heartwarming. Allende was first inspired to write this story after seeing a play about Kindertransport. From there she used some of her personal connections to a Foundation she started many years ago after losing her own daughter, Paula. This organization works to serve women and children and works with refugees along the U.S. border as well as internationally. The best reads are those that are passion projects and I hope that readers will pick up The Wind Knows My Name.

Oh and if it wasn’t obvious, I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lyssylyssy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Deportation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit