emfm30 's review for:

A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

3.0

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Beautiful story of war, loss, love, family, political upheaval, and so much more spanning 60 or so years. I found the historic touch points interesting and the characters compelling. The story feels detached, such is the nature sometimes of third person omniscient writing, so I didn’t feel super invested at points. I thought the last 100 pages dragged a bit, but overall greatly enjoyed the book.