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Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende

5 reviews

berecca_'s review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Maya Vidal manages to be a personally-opposite chaos point that shows the reader the way for personal reflection. If you finish the book without seeing yourself in the way she responded deaths in her family, complicated parental relationships, and vices, then odds are, you just haven’t lived long enough. Maya, and the reader, will be healed with time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Cancer, Grief, Self harm, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, and Trafficking

carlapastor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

Soy una de las mayores haters de libros que me mandan leer en clase pero sorprendentemente este me ha gustado bastante. Soy incapaz de decir cómo de realista es porque habla de muchos temas que nunca he experimentado y espero no experimentar, pero por lo que sé Isabel Allende tenía familiares que han sufrido en la adicción a las drogas, así que asumo que será real.

Me gustan los personajes, me gusta la historia y me gusta esta narración alternada aunque en algunos momentos se sentía un poco como si fuese relleno, pero no era la mayoría del libro.

Adoro con todo mi alma que pudiese terminar sin un hombre y no pasase nada, aunque no me queda muy claro si al final pretende volver con él. Por favor, no. No es necesario.

En fin, me parece bastante buen libro. Sorprendentemente.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Death, Xenophobia, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Gun violence

emberley's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

I feel like I've just lived another life through this book. The details and narration actually do feel like a real memoir. I chose this to read for the Chile prompt of 'StoryGraph Reads the World' challenge as the concept of an American-born teenager moving to rural Chile sounded like it would end up detailing Chilean culture through her story, and it does, so I loved it for that too!
(Also, though the book is a lot of Dark, I couldn't help select 'funny' when remembering Maya's humour and Manuel's sass. I am gonna miss them)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Violence and Torture

Minor: Incest and Pedophilia

bee_solena'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Addiction, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Physical abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

sunflowerlu's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence