Book: The House of the Spirits
Author: Isabel Allende
Pages: 504
This is my 100th read for the year
What Amazon says:
The House of the Spirits, which intoduced Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter Blanca embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban: his adored granddaughter Alba, a beautiful and strong-willed child who will lead her family and her country into a revolutionary future.
This book was fine. I did have a hard time getting into it. I listened to it, which was probably a mistake - I couldn't quite get my head wrapped around this complicated story in that form. It started out slow. It did not like the Esteban character. Felt very convoluted at times. She is a good writer, but this book was just a bit of a slog and wordy.
Stars: 3
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