A review by zoroco
Violeta by Isabel Allende

emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

it's not often i wish a book was longer, but this would have benefited from it. i did really enjoy violeta's feminist and socialist awakening, and the supporting characters were a delight. just wish it was the epic tale of a life well lived that it could have been, rather than a epistolary speedrun from birth to death with little breathing room in-between. i say this out of real love for what was there.