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My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

4.25

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(Thanks to Ballantine Books & Netgalley for a review copy.) Emilia del Valle is intense and so ahead of her time! The war atrocities described in here made me glad I was listening to it and could breeze by some of the descriptions of war - it was hard to imagine all the gore. What happened to Emilia at the end seemed to all make sense given what she went through during the Chilean Civil War. It was really fun to read about the cross-continental railroad and the novelty of it back then. I was a little surprised with the love story arc - didn’t expect that coming. I do kind of wish there was a reckoning with her Papo bc he sounded like a wonderful person who knew how to love unconditionally. Papo was prob my fave character - I wish I could be that for my kids.