Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

55 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

laura_cat's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

2.75

Very heavy-handed, some of the characters were more caricatures than people. The cursory coverage of a number of stories made it harder to feel connected or invested in anyone. 

I recommend reading Valeria Luiselli’s work on the topic of immigration, which is more compelling and authentic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

ginaos's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, War, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

loulapeach's review

emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, and Deportation

reikista's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

quetzalquill's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

No puedo ser optimistia en este mundo tan porquería, pero ahora siento las ganas de cambiarlo que no tuve antes.

La indifference es uno de los pecados capitalism y tarde o temprano hay que expiarlo.

This was my first time reading a book in Spanish that I hadn't already read in English. I definitely had to push myself to keep reading; at times the plot dragged, the chapters were long, and I had a hard time keeping track of all of the characters, but it's hard to know if these criticisms are fair given the language barrier. Ultimately, I grew to love the characters, and I found the themes very powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Death of parent

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

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