A review by justpatches
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed Allende’s storytelling and the audiobook narration. It’s hard to say that a story detailing 70 years of family/national history is fast-paced, but there is so much detail and weaving of storylines that I couldn’t stop listening even with how often I’d have to rewind. There are many offensive/disturbing elements of the plot that I attributed to the deep flaws of its characters, but this was a really unique perspective on a history I knew nothing about.