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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
Beautiful heart breaking story about life, love and mistakes. Favorite quote: We are all born happy, life gets us dirty along the way, but we can clean it up. Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it's silent, tranquil, and gentle; it's a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love.
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In it, Alma narrates her life from evacuating to the United States early during World War II, growing up with the wealthy Belasco family, and her love for Ichimei Fukuda. It is a lovely, atmospheric story, and through Ichimei’s eyes gives us a view into the life of an American of Japanese origin in the US during WWII, with the internment camps, seizure of possession and general hardship. I hadn’t ever read or watched any account of that experience before, and it was great to see it addressed.
emotional
hopeful
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
Great sorry line, I loved all the characters. I would read it again
Got a little over halfway through and then the library sent me an email that the book was due back in, so I returned it. Didn't need to know what happened to the characters...not much there there. Meh.
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't finish -- the voice seemed stilted, and I just couldn't attach myself to the plot or characters. It was "fluffier" than what I was expecting from Allende.
emotional
hopeful
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