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pbraue13's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, War, and Violence
real_pansy's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Terminal illness
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, War, and Sexual assault
Minor: Alcoholism
bee_interrupted's review against another edition
Paula is Isabel Allende’s daughter, and she is in a coma. Allende starts writing this book as a letter to Paula, for her to read when she wakes up. She tells stories from their past mixed with what
is happening in the present.
I feel really bad for saying this since this book is an emotional memoir, but it's going on my DNF list.
I fought my way through until page 186 but it just didn’t touch me. A lot of the stories from the past are very political, which just isn't my thing
and I found the abrupt jumps between past and present stopped me from really getting into the past
storyline. Allende also talks about her sex life which I found really out of place; I would definitely not want to know those details from my mother.
In general, this book has me wondering why Paula doesn't know many of the stories already; she’s a grown-up woman so surely the Allendes have talked about their past before?
Overall it was just a very dull read so I would give it 1/5⭐️
is happening in the present.
I feel really bad for saying this since this book is an emotional memoir, but it's going on my DNF list.
I fought my way through until page 186 but it just didn’t touch me. A lot of the stories from the past are very political, which just isn't my thing
and I found the abrupt jumps between past and present stopped me from really getting into the past
storyline. Allende also talks about her sex life which I found really out of place; I would definitely not want to know those details from my mother.
In general, this book has me wondering why Paula doesn't know many of the stories already; she’s a grown-up woman so surely the Allendes have talked about their past before?
Overall it was just a very dull read so I would give it 1/5⭐️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and War
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