A review by devan
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book gets so much praise but it didn’t do it for me. It skipped around too much and had a good dead of pointless storytelling. How a feminist writer can write women with such an obsession of weight gain made me cringe multiple times. Her depiction of women felt like it was written by a man. I wanted more of the history aspect. Part 3, while it jumped around was the best written part.