532 reviews for:

Il mio nome è Emilia del Valle

Isabel Allende

3.72 AVERAGE

ollieols's review against another edition

3.5

challenging reflective tense 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: Complicated

m_abigail758's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

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Could have been bad timing with summer reading but I wasn’t really into the story. The narration seemed very flat and robotic. Plot was very slow and just not absorbing enough. 

bookchelf's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

helen_read5's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous informative fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tjoslyn's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kls12222's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

msmegquinn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

gdulecki's review against another edition

2.5

informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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This was a really disappointing read for me! I’ve really enjoyed Isabel Allende’s books in the past, and I was excited to see this come out. I thought the history was quite interesting but most everything else fell flat for me. I didn’t really care for Emelia— I liked the idea of who she was and the concept of her journey, but when we got to the end and

she was in jail and beaten and almost killed I wasn’t moved at all??? I said oh? Hm! Eric and their love story felt so out of place and unnecessary.

I did enjoy some of the side characters, including Angelita and Rufina, but I didn’t really care about most of them!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

notallbooks_mp's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging emotional 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: No

sarajesus95's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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