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ilaria44's review against another edition
5.0
Dietro alla storia d'amore Isabel Allende scrive, dal suo esilio in Venezuela, sostanzialmente un libro di denuncia nei confronti della dittatura del generale Pinochet. Racconta il meccanismo di repressione messo in atto dal regime e la nascita di una resistenza prima nascosta e poi sempre più manifesta.
Libro molto bello, emozionante e mai noioso.
"L'ardore di quel bacio non li abbandonò per molti giorni e riempì di fantasmi delicati le loro notti, lasciando il ricordo sulla pelle, come una bruciatura. La gioia di quell'incontro li rapiva, facendoli levitare per strada, li spingeva a ridere senza motivo apparente, li risvegliava concitati nel mezzo di un sonno. Si toccavano le labbra con la punta delle dita ed evocavano esattamente la forma della bocca dell'altro."
Libro molto bello, emozionante e mai noioso.
"L'ardore di quel bacio non li abbandonò per molti giorni e riempì di fantasmi delicati le loro notti, lasciando il ricordo sulla pelle, come una bruciatura. La gioia di quell'incontro li rapiva, facendoli levitare per strada, li spingeva a ridere senza motivo apparente, li risvegliava concitati nel mezzo di un sonno. Si toccavano le labbra con la punta delle dita ed evocavano esattamente la forma della bocca dell'altro."
lauramj's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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? No
4.5
anca_m's review
2.0
Nothing I wasn't expecting.
I must confess, though, it annoyed me the similarity to The House of Spirits. Isabel Allende's style is predictible, she tries to 'hook' you, to pull you in the story. I don't know about others, but she just couldn't do it with me. :) I was permanently noticing her style, habit of describing everything to the little detail [annoying and useless, if you ask me], reducing to characters to one, two presentations that say no-thing!-it just puts them in category-bleah!; then, she lets them grow, and they grow teribly in this one:D. Of course the main characters are good-looking, hot and have that attractive South-American beauty; of course they are interested in politics and fight for freedom and democracy with the cost of their lives. rrrright. I think Allende has 'a thing' for politics in the country-again, the name isn't mentioned-better this way..
Oh, and the action is so fast, things happen, minor habits are all described, usual 'picture in picture' techinque. blahblah, that pisses me off.
I don't think I want to read anything else written by her.
I must confess, though, it annoyed me the similarity to The House of Spirits. Isabel Allende's style is predictible, she tries to 'hook' you, to pull you in the story. I don't know about others, but she just couldn't do it with me. :) I was permanently noticing her style, habit of describing everything to the little detail [annoying and useless, if you ask me], reducing to characters to one, two presentations that say no-thing!-it just puts them in category-bleah!; then, she lets them grow, and they grow teribly in this one:D. Of course the main characters are good-looking, hot and have that attractive South-American beauty; of course they are interested in politics and fight for freedom and democracy with the cost of their lives. rrrright. I think Allende has 'a thing' for politics in the country-again, the name isn't mentioned-better this way..
Oh, and the action is so fast, things happen, minor habits are all described, usual 'picture in picture' techinque. blahblah, that pisses me off.
I don't think I want to read anything else written by her.
andy02l's review against another edition
3.0
Serían más un 3.5, todo iba a bien pero hay una escena después de que descubren la mina que si me quede sin comentarios, de ahí todo los personajes que nos presentan Isabel son muy buenos, los papás de Francisco todo lo que pasaron y el amor que se tienen, su hermano todo lo que hizo y el que más me gusto Evangelina Flores la valentía y que luchó por su familia. Algo interesante también fue la mamá de Irene, ver esa perspectiva de una persona que justifica y ve como menos los desaparecidos e incluso cuando sucedió lo de Irene ella siguió cegada.
sandlerpage's review against another edition
3.0
I really, really wanted to love this book, but I didn't. It took me way too long to get through it, for a variety of reasons, and it just didn't do it for me. I'll have to try another of her books some day, bc this one obviously wasn't for me.
maria_pulver's review against another edition
4.0
Devoid of any artifice this book tells a story of small people suffering under an unnamed dictatorship. Their fate is very much dependent on the whimsies of the armed forces and the secret police and even their day-to-day goings are affected by the abuse of power. Among them are those who have the courage to resist the regime be it once or as an everyday work.
I found the story of Irene and Francisco investigating together a mass murder case an exceptionally good and captivating framework for the book settings. However, their love story is a bit too smooth and their path to each other too simple when compared to other heroes in the book.
With all the horrors and pain of the narrative at the end Allende leaves us a glimmer of hope.
I found the story of Irene and Francisco investigating together a mass murder case an exceptionally good and captivating framework for the book settings. However, their love story is a bit too smooth and their path to each other too simple when compared to other heroes in the book.
With all the horrors and pain of the narrative at the end Allende leaves us a glimmer of hope.
klela's review against another edition
5.0
Bello, bello! Mi è sembrato un po’ più improntato su altre tematiche rispetto alle sue solite…cioè non che la società e la politica non venisse descritta negli altri suoi libri, ma in questo lascia decisamente un’ impronta maggiore. Bravissima come al solito a raccontare la storia di tantissimi personaggi facendoci entrare nella vicenda….
maya_b's review against another edition
1.0
Ich mochte dieses Buch überhaupt nicht. Es war irgendwie eine Mischung aus unglaublich langweilig, viel zu heftig und komplett absurd. Ich könnte außerdem beim besten Willen nicht sagen, worum genau es ging (ein Problem das ich auch schon während des Lesens und direkt danach hatte), außer das wirklich sehr viele unterschiedliche Personen und Plots vorkamen, die gefühlt aber nicht wirklich was miteinander zu tun hatten, und bei großen Teilen hatte ich das Gefühl, man hätte es auch problemlos einfach weglassen können, weil die Geschichte nicht im geringsten dadurch bereichert wurde.
german_sheppard's review against another edition
5.0
Stunning, passionate, raw, magical. I haven’t devoured a book like this in a while. A romance beyond description wrapped up intimately in political terror inspired by Allende’s own life in South America. Highly recommend!