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timeywriter 's review for:
Inés of My Soul
by Isabel Allende
This novel was a beautiful look into the life of the first Spanish settlers in Chile in the early 16th century. Written as a memoir of Ines in her old age, it travels through her life, starting in Spain and then going halfway around the world to settle in Chile.
I have never read a book before that takes place in this time period in Chile. It was brilliant to read about the foundations of Spanish settlement in America and through the eyes of a woman on top of it. Ines proved true bravery in everything she did as she left Spain to find her husband who had come to gain his fortune in America. Ines was a lively character, though she and the others did not stand out to me. Perhaps I was just a little irked by her love affairs, I have a hard time believing in lust at first sight. Not love, lust. I think there was a lot of lust for Ines, but she failed to show a lot of love. I believe she held more love toward the idea of Chile and all that the city of Santiago could be, than to the three men in her life. I'm just going to write it off as I don't understand lustful passions where days are filled with sex. She was telling this story to her daughter! Ugh, way too much sex for telling this story to her daughter.
Stories such as these, with brave women doing that which men tell them not to do, fascinate me and this one held my interest as well. I would have liked more emotion than lust and anguish, too much severity, as these extremes just followed the timeline of history.
I have never read a book before that takes place in this time period in Chile. It was brilliant to read about the foundations of Spanish settlement in America and through the eyes of a woman on top of it. Ines proved true bravery in everything she did as she left Spain to find her husband who had come to gain his fortune in America. Ines was a lively character, though she and the others did not stand out to me. Perhaps I was just a little irked by her love affairs, I have a hard time believing in lust at first sight. Not love, lust. I think there was a lot of lust for Ines, but she failed to show a lot of love. I believe she held more love toward the idea of Chile and all that the city of Santiago could be, than to the three men in her life. I'm just going to write it off as I don't understand lustful passions where days are filled with sex. She was telling this story to her daughter! Ugh, way too much sex for telling this story to her daughter.
Stories such as these, with brave women doing that which men tell them not to do, fascinate me and this one held my interest as well. I would have liked more emotion than lust and anguish, too much severity, as these extremes just followed the timeline of history.