Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

4 reviews

freddybingsu's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Gun violence, Misogyny, Police brutality, Death of parent, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Transphobia, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Torture and Sexual violence

kalmia31's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Alcohol, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

Minor: Islamophobia and Death of parent

beauvisseau's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This story is dense. It spans years and years filled with magical adventures, but combined with a slow pace, it was difficult to get through. The writing is stunning and I loved the diverse cast of characters, the look into differing prespectives and lives. I saved many quotes from Eva Luna, but I would suggest reading something fast-paced alongside it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Infidelity, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Genocide, and Violence

laurikas's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 This is my second Allende book that I've discovered, and God only knows what took me this long to pick them up. Especially because Latin American literature is my top favourite, and her writing explodes with all the characteristics I admire from that region.

She also writes particularly well about women. I remember reading she was raised mostly by her mother & grandmother, because her father was an absent father, which made writing about women more natural for her. And I couldn't agree more.

Also her writing is sprinkled with the magical realism that I so adore, so it's two combinations made in heaven (women stories + magical realism = perfection!).

Left one star behind because I felt Eva's story too neatly wrapped up - sometimes the many coincidences got in the way of truly enjoying her life story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Dementia, Police brutality, and Infidelity