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Violeta by Isabel Allende

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j9wan's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

Slow start, then interesting but just not to my taste, I struggled to get through it at times. I learnt a lot about Latin America and specifically Chile, which I hadn't looked into before.

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the_clueless_tourist's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25


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teainthelibrary's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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annamay1021's review against another edition

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

3.0


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jnorwood's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5


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nreyno's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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jamieclower's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5


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serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.25

 The cover says it all really - “One extraordinary woman. One hundred years of history. One unforgettable history. “ Violeta del Valle was born in Chile in 1920 at the peak of the Spanish ‘flu outbreak. One hundred years later, in the midst of another pandemic, she is dying and recording her story in a letter to her beloved grandson, Camilo. And what a life she led full of highs and lows - riches to rags and back again, marriages and affairs, some good, others bad. She was a woman who refused to be tied down by the social mores of the day, and lived her life large, for better or for worse. She’s got some regrets but she’s mostly unapologetic about the choices she made. Violeta’s story unfolds against some key historical events including the Great Depression, World War II, earthquakes and a military dictatorship rife with human rights abuses. Allende’s storytelling was top-notch as expected, and I had to remind myself a couple of times that I was not listening to a real person telling me their life story. I listened to the audio and the narrator did a fabulous job, which I’m sure enhanced my enjoyment. I was absorbed from beginning to end and flew through it, finding plenty of excuses to keep listening. 

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kryskross's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0


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chb's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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