Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

2 reviews

lenaricharz's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Violence, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Colonisation, Death, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Dementia

laurikas's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

 This is my second Allende book that I've discovered, and God only knows what took me this long to pick them up. Especially because Latin American literature is my top favourite, and her writing explodes with all the characteristics I admire from that region.

She also writes particularly well about women. I remember reading she was raised mostly by her mother & grandmother, because her father was an absent father, which made writing about women more natural for her. And I couldn't agree more.

Also her writing is sprinkled with the magical realism that I so adore, so it's two combinations made in heaven (women stories + magical realism = perfection!).

Left one star behind because I felt Eva's story too neatly wrapped up - sometimes the many coincidences got in the way of truly enjoying her life story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Dementia, Police brutality, and Infidelity