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kelly_virginia 's review for:
A Long Petal of the Sea
by Isabel Allende
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i had really high hopes for this (i’ve never read allende) and didn’t love it.
it had a lot of what i like - multigenerational family saga with lots of characters intertwined but the writing just didn’t hit for me. maybe it was the translation? i just found it to be a list of historical events with like some stories forcefully looped in. and the real story i wanted to get into, the meat of two people recognizing their respect and love for each other, was glossed over in a weird time span…
it had a lot of what i like - multigenerational family saga with lots of characters intertwined but the writing just didn’t hit for me. maybe it was the translation? i just found it to be a list of historical events with like some stories forcefully looped in. and the real story i wanted to get into, the meat of two people recognizing their respect and love for each other, was glossed over in a weird time span…