A review by melissa_who_reads
Ripper by Isabel Allende

3.0

I mostly enjoyed it, though it got bogged down in character development that was a stretch in furthering the plot at times. The book meandered all over the place much of the novel. It did come together in the end ... but I also wanted more at the end, instead of the very brief epilogue to sum up what everyone was doing now that it was all over. You spend time in various characters' heads ... and then don't get to hear their voices again (the ones that survive). Amanda's character is lost sight of halfway through the novel - she doesn't really develop much after that, and she was my favorite character. It's like she could do either character development or action, but not both. I've wanted to read an Allende novel for a long time - I'm not sure this was the one to start with.