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Violeta by Isabel Allende

18 reviews

rubl_b's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual violence

beyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

There’s a time to live and a time to die. In between there’s time to remember.

All I can think about is, it must be tiring to live that long.

I would recommend this book to hisfic enjoyers because in no way it is bad, but I can’t say I actually enjoyed reading this. I suspect it was because it is written in first person, but it can also be the writing.

I was not looking forward to what will happen next in the story because I am… afraid??? An understatement. Terrified??? Of what things will a character do to escalate the story because boy, do they escalated quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, and Police brutality

martamae77's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

nataliect13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

sib_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder and Abortion

lizclark81's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Disappointed there wasn't more character development. The writing was good but it felt more like a synopsis of the events of a novel than a finished novel itself. I don't feel like I really knew any of the characters to be moved by what happened to them, least of all Violeta herself. Mostly archetypes, the people in her life all seemed to have a very unoriginal role to fill: the captivating scoundrel lover; the trainwreck addict daughter; the spoiled grandson. I don't feel like this book really broke any new ground, which it could have if it had fleshed out its characters more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and War

kiandrareadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

wylovat's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Lesbophobia