539 reviews for:

La ciudad de las bestias

Isabel Allende

3.62 AVERAGE

ollylloydjones's review against another edition

4.0

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Read it in the original Spanish to improve my language. Fun, well written and a nice environmental theme to it!

danita's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious tense 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: Yes

fixingberto's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

kermittuesday's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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

anaray's review against another edition

4.0

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Para mí son 4 estrellas raspando porque no soy tan fan de las historias basadas en la jungla, pero es que igual la narración y la fantasía que Isabel Allende tiene en este libro me cautivó por completo, solo por eso.
Una quote favorita: ”Comprendió que la felicidad consiste en alcanzar aquello que hemos esperado por mucho tiempo."

gabssreadss's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

isabelmariasanchezgarcia's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

alwaysaloaf's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

lilly_reads_stuff's review against another edition

3.0

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It was pretty hard to finish this book. Even if I liked it, I just couldn't sit for hours reading it. It's a nice story, very different to Allende's usual books.It's a story with magic and adventure made for kids, but I just can't imagine a kid reading this story without getting bored

proseamongstthorns's review against another edition

3.0

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This was fun and in places really great, but also uncomfortable at times especially calling them Indians when they’re indigenous South Americans. This could be the translation though.

It was a great introduction to Allende, though definitely missing the spark from her adult novels. 

This is great fun for older kids though and I’m interested to see how the series continues.