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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “A simple tale told in a very straight forward and simple style. But still it holds your attention from the first page. What impressed me most was her characters. Most of them sketched so well that you actually feel that you know them personally.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “The follow up to Daughter of Fortune, I was disappointed in this novel. Aside from the brief updates you receive about the original characters, I didn't find much enjoyment. It was written from an odd perspective, and jumped around too much to catch my interest.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I remember really liking it...like I said need to brush up on my Isabel”
Kara C wrote this review Monday, October 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“pese a que el estilo es muy parecido no llega a sus novelas cumbre, como en la casa de los espiritus. no ha conseguido despertar en mi un excesivo interes.”
Isabel14 wrote this review Saturday, August 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Outstanding.... ”
Ann R wrote this review Tuesday, July 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I really liked most of the book. The end gets really political and talks about the revolution...didn't care too much for that part. Overall, a good read.”
caopow wrote this review Wednesday, June 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is an amazing story of a girl discovering her origins in both California and Chile in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Aurora Del Valle is the main character and the novel starts off talking about her grandparents, one side of her family English and the other Chilean that originated from Spanish nobility. Aurora has some Chinese blood, English, and Spanish running through her veins. Her grandmother, the boisterous Paulina Del Valle's story is told along with her grandaughter's. It sounded dry when I first started but was actually extremely interesting. The characters in Isabel Allende's books feel like real and true beings who once walked the Earth at least one hundred years ago.”
Kelly R wrote this review Tuesday, June 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Me parece una historia interesante, pero que cae en ocaciones en una narracion lenta y tediosa. Algunos personajes estan demasiado estereotipados, lo que hace bastante predecible las situaciones... ”
Nix Galith wrote this review Friday, December 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Oh what horrors we visit on those we love in the name of love! This book is supposedly fiction, but it read like personal history. All people have an inborn need to know and understand from wence they came, be it near or far, far away. Denied this knowledge intentionally, and, especially, while making one's origin's a deep, dark, secret shame (for why else would one hide such knowledge?) makes demons in the mind of the one so denied.
virginia s wrote this review Saturday, October 18 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I know this to be true because my first mate, father of my children, suffered terribly because of just such an action.
While the character in this book, remains positive and holds firmly to balance, such was not the case for the sensitive and neurotic man I called husband for 23 years. His demons produced in him deep-seated anger and frustration, fear and a sense of an unearned shame. He lived the life that one might expect of such an individual. Good hearted as he was, his demons controlled him even until death. And the deep anger produced terrible rage both vocal and physical, with the target his family. The man never had a chance and those who did love him, suffered the almost as much as he. He never learned what Lynn Sommers (Lai Ming) finally came to learn; who she was and why she had such horribly debilitating dreams and visions.
This book is wonderfully written, almost poetic are Lynn Sommers descriptions. She enjoyed everything about life - and thought very deeply in an effort to adjust to each new circumstance. I loved the book. I think most people would like it too. ”1 of 1 members found this review helpful“A simple tale told in a very straight forward and simple style. But still it holds your attention from the first page. What impressed me most was her characters. Most of them sketched so well that you actually feel that you know them personally. ”
Subhasree wrote this review Wednesday, September 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
