A review by misajane79
Zorro by Isabel Allende

2.0

I love the story of Zorro--there's something about a man and his sword. And this book got pretty good reviews, and I've enjoyed some of Allende's other work. But I've found that Allende can be uneven--for instance, I liked Daugher of Fortune, but thought it's sequel, Portrait in Sepia was only okay. Parts of Zorro as brilliant--beautifully written and powerful. And parts of it were ridiculous crap. She would do this thing where instead of writing dialog, she would summarize the conversation in a long paragraph, which both simplified the action and moved the story along too fast. Where was the nuance? Despite all this, it was still pretty readable, it just won't have a spot on my bookshelf.