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

5.0

My favorite part about this book was the way that Allende writes women characters. They are dynamic, magical, romantic, strange, and drivers of the story and their own lives. I loved how each woman had a complicated relationship with the leading man, balancing his violence and cruelty with the lives they'd built with him. The story builds slowly, culminating with a desperate political situation that seems like it will be rushed to resolve before the end of the book - yet, I found the ending satisfying and sensical for the remaining characters.