5.49k reviews for:

Åndenes hus

Isabel Allende

4.21 AVERAGE

avid_read's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

isabellaku's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alab_bink's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm a sucker for books spanning multiple generations in a family. The first 300 or so pages were all pretty incredible but didn't blow my mind or do anything better than I think many books like One Hundreds Years of Solitude or East of Eden have done, but those last 200 blew me the fuck away. The way the events of the book take a left turn and then the consequences of everyone's actions REALLY began to be felt was one of the most impressive and riveting things I've read in my adult life

skiiiuh's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

gidps2002's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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sophiabjarklev's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

frostkr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous tense 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

vero8's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

valebe7's review against another edition

5.0

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Cómo puedo explicarles todo lo que me hizo sentir este libro? Simplemente maravilloso. I absolutely loved this book. From the very first pages, I knew I was going to love it. The first chapter reminded me right away to Hundred years of Solitude and Gabo’s world and style of writing. I knew I was hooked then.
I’m not sure how the translations in other languages are, but reading this book in Spanish has been a real pleasure. Beautifully written, the story flowing and connecting in such a way… I’m not really sure how to put it into words.
I feel I have so much to write and to comment on but don’f know where to start, how to describe it. This book just made me feel a lot of things and I truly enjoyed every chapter of it. I guess it also made it special to read it while I was at home in Chile, in September which is a rather special month for the country.

5/5would definitely recommend!!!

kcelis94's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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: Yes