505 reviews for:

Il mio nome è Emilia del Valle

Isabel Allende

3.73 AVERAGE

murph2244's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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I always enjoy a historical fiction novel about a time and a place that I was previously unfamiliar with, so this gave me a chance to learn a lot about the Chilean Civil War. There was a lot devoted to how people’s sense of adventure and desire to explore is shattered by events like war, but also about the healing that can be found by moving away from built-up civilization and back into nature. Allende didn’t hold back from showing the ways human greed and hunger for power and status upsets our morals and can make truly good things like love and principle seem wrong. 

smoochiecow's review against another edition

3.5

challenging informative 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

livs_m's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

eileenreads27's review

4.0

emotional reflective sad tense 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

csanchezuk's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring lighthearted 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: Yes

opportune's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

georgiawallis's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ebreau13's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging informative slow-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: No

bobbo49's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional informative 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

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Another beautiful historical fiction about the history of Chile, from the perspectives of two American journalists caught up in war and love and country.

smbeck22's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark 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