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Violeta by Isabel Allende

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hillysreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring sad 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

“No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they’ll take it back.”

Reading books like Violeta reminds me of why I love reading historical fiction so much. I love how the author took me through Violeta’s whole life; from the time she was born in 1920 during the Spanish flu pandemic all the way through the year 2020 during the COVID pandemic. Violeta was a strong, passionate woman and I loved her sense of humor. She lived through some of the most significant historical/political events. And I loved how the author wove in those events with Violeta's story, it made the book feel so much more nonfiction than fiction - I kinda felt like I was reading a memoir. I also never read a book based in South America (it’s mainly set in Chile and Argentina) before so I learned a lot and reminds me that America never teaches us anything about any other countries smh

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ekmoore11's review against another edition

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reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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xmaiixx's review against another edition

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adventurous informative medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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strawberrymivvy's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Whilst this is an author I've been aware of for some time, this is the first of her books I've read. It tells the life story, in letter form, of a 100 year old woman in an unnamed South American country. As the letter starts we don't know who she's writing to, then we get the name but not the relationship to Violeta.

Violeta's life status changes from living a life of privilege in the city, to being exiled on a small country farm, to building up a successful business and living through revolution and war, with plenty of familial heartbreak along the way.

Whilst I ultimately enjoyed the novel and wanted to find out how the story played out, it didn't grab me as much as I hoped it would, though I'd try other works by this author

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george_tte's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Este libro es una obra de arte. Me llevó a lugares desconocidos, a mi juventud, al futuro. Creo que este es uno de esos libros que se van a quedar conmigo para siempre.

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internationalreads's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.5

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rach22's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

I thought it was very good. Well written but a bit slow moving at times. However I felt that I learnt a lot from it about life and also about life in another country at a difficult time. Very emotional and I felt like I both liked and disliked Violeta at the same time.

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