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

4.0

Not sure where to begin this because so much happens in this book. Normally when I read a generational novel, I grow deeply and personally attached from seeing so much of one person's life, then moving to the next generations, etc. But in this book, you get so much of so many characters. All of the characters are imperfect... to say the least... but so interesting. The backdrop of the family story against the political situation also left me thinking about a lot, and the way the different family members related to the wider setting was really well done. The magical realism of this book is one of the best things, and the theme of spirituality vs. colonialism & capitalism really interested me. The ending was !!