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

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I realized I had never read this book in Allende's trilogy.  I don't remember details from the first two books, but this was good on its own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Animal death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, War, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Infidelity, Misogyny, Slavery, Body horror, Chronic illness, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, and Terminal illness