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Elizabeth K
  • Rated 5 stars

This book grabbed hold of my imagination from the first page, tied it to a thin red string, and dangled it, dancing in the wind, for every line afterward. Ladies, read this book! Hearts will break, and then soar through the clouds. Buy the ticket, and take the ride!

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readingroomkatie
  • Rated 2 stars

Not terribly interesting. I mean, I read most of it. But it's very depressing. By the third generation with nothing of pointed interest happening and the story gets even MORE depressing I gave up. Good luck to you if you want to try it. It's supposed to have a magical element to it. Whatever.

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  • Rated 4.164537 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

Newest Comments

  • Summersnow

    summersnow said:

    This is a great book, but a difficult subject -- troubling but also inspiring. It would be easy to dismiss the worst of the tragedies with the lightheartedness of the spirit world, but these things really happened, that's the hard part. Yet the author puts an uplifting turn to it, an appreciation for the fullness of living, the good with the bad, the magical with the mundane. All in all it's a book about carrying on, but I wouldn't recommend it to the faint of heart.

    posted Thursday, June 19 2008
  • Raquel Calesterio

    raquel calesterio said:

    for one, this is allende's version of steven javellana's 'without seeing the dawn'. I love how symbolism worked in the entire read. After reading, Iit left me thinking on the reality of the surreal images which held us captivated. The reader would be left with the notion to either believe in the 'spirits' or believe in the 'real spirits'-- pangs of political struggle, the quest for the ideal. It leaves us with the thought of the macrocosmic problem and torments us with the eccentricities of our own personal struggles. It's a very lovely book. Until this time, my emotions are attached to it. The characters are round, I must say. They seem like your neighbors.

    posted Sunday, June 15 2008
  • talal

    talal said:

    I found the novel dosen't bad as like as the movie

    posted Sunday, May 18 2008
  • Seemi K

    seemi k said:

    The book reveals that maybe Rural settings and values are the same globally ? Any feedback ?

    posted Monday, April 7 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Joy B

    joy b said:

    Are you into mysticism? What's the book about?

    posted Tuesday, November 6 2007 ( | view 2 replies )
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