Reviews tagging 'Death'

La Maison aux esprits by Isabel Allende

117 reviews

joneva's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kimberlybetweenstanzas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

brooke_burns's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

For someone as frustrated with Chilean fiction as I often am, I find that this book gives an essential scale and perspective to both love and suffering. Allende’s classic is just that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

roniboi's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Physical abuse and Rape

ktrecs's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Abortion

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, and Antisemitism

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, and Car accident

coinmanatee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

1.0

Read for Class.  I actually skipped ahead. I didn't have time nor the patience nor the will to read most of the middle section. Maybe that's where it gets good? But I doubt it. 

I liked this book right up until the moment Esteban Trueba opened his mouth. It's very very difficult to like a book that makes a rapist it's hero. A rapist, conservative, abusive, asshole of a man who never learns his lesson and dies without ever once realising that his actions are the reason that the rest of his family suffers such horrendous atrocities. 

In any other book this man would have been the villain, and the point would have been to get away from him. In this book another man is introduced who is even more monstrous. 

It's also just, really horrifically violently sexual in a lot of other ways that I got sick of very quickly. It's hard to like books that are sexual like that when you're Ace. 

The one shining character in this book is Clara. I liked reading about her. 

Unfortunately she was surrounded by idiots who treated her as a child,  or an object, which did ruin her a bit. If you have a woman in your family who regularly performs magic, and makes prophecies, why aren't you listening to her every word? Idiots. There were tons of things that could have been prevented or at least the danger of lessened if anyone had thought "hey, maybe the earthquake the medium is predicting IS going to be horrific. We should take precautions!"

Ugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, and Religious bigotry

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