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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: I was very disappointed in this book, especially I loved "House of Spirits" and also liked "Eva Luna". This book seems to ramble without going anywhere, and the characters are rather cliche. There are many better books on early California and if someone wants to read Isabel Allende, they should read "House of Spirits".
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Summary: "Hija" es peor que sus otras obras
Review: Ademas de los personajes fuertes, el enfoque sobre el choque de las culturas y los detalles riquisimos sobre la vida en Chile, China y California, tendria que decir que no vale la pena de leer esta novela. Allende ha escrito y, seguramente, va a seguir escribiendo obras clasicas y inteligentes pero "Hija" debe de estar olvidado. Cuando la autora visito a Seattle para presentar esta novela yo le pregunte por que su obra termino asi--casi sin desarollo del trama. Ella me dijo que si ella hubiera terminado la novela se la convertiria en una mera novela de romance. Temo que "Hija" ya es una mera novela de romance.
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Summary: Isabel, The story was not finished !
Review: Hi, The story is great and the characters have an intense life story. The book was Wonderfully written , but there are more events that should have been completed. Hi Isabel...Do you intend to write a sequel ?
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Summary: Can books be returned for refund?
Review: By the review on the inside of the flaps, the story line looked like something I would have enjoyed, had Ms. Allende been a better writer, & I was able to get past page 58. I've always finished a book even if I didn't like it much, but this one was BAD, sorry to say. It lacks emotion, descriptions, finesse, there is no character development, and the story jumps around, even telling what'll happen later in the book.... The 58 pages made feel like I was looking at the flashing disco lights for hours... I had to stop! She is simply not a storyteller. 1 Star for trying.
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Summary: Classic Allende...her best yet.
Review: Ms. Allende's passion, spirit & deep understanding of the human heart & soul come to life in her best novel yet. It was impossible to do anything else while I was reading her book, including going to a personal appearance & book signing in my city. My testament to my favorite author.
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Summary: Disappointing end to a good story
Review: All in all this was a decently entertaining book, although I found it read a little slowly. I wish Allende would have developed Eliza's story even more and had done away with some of the "side" plots. I was extremely disappointed with the ending, and actually found myself turning the last page over twice because I felt that there had to be more written somewhere. It's worth a read, but definitely not her best.
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Summary: good for someone eliza's age
Review: I'm a girl of Eliza's age and her life seems a lot like mine, I thought this was a really good book. She kept searching for Jauquin because she thought she loved him, but after all the years away from him she realized it wasn't really him she was looking for. It was the him she created in her mind when he wasn't with her. I have done the same thing and know how it feels when you realize it's not that person you love, it's the perfect person in your mind who you wish was real. She finds that she loves the friend she's been with the whole time more then the guy she hasn't seen in 4 years. I also like all the other little things that go on and the people Eliza meets.
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Summary: Interesting plot doesn't quite make up for shoddy writing
Review: I give Allende credit for coming up with a fascinating story and characters to match, but something was missing. It lacked finesse, and she could have showed her readers more about Eliza's transformation rather than telling us every step of the way. Give us a little credit!
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Summary: Simplemente....
Review: ... es una novela exitante llena de aventuras. Isabel Magicamente nos sumerge en ese fantastico viaje donde cada personaje esta en busca de algo particular que llene sus necesidades: oro, identidad, libertad... Nuevamente Allende nos enbriaga y hace adictos de sus letras... LA RECOMIENDO ASI COMO TODAS SUS DEMAS OBRAS.
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Summary: Wait for the paperback
Review: I enjoyed the general sense of history and adventure in this book, but the story of Eliza got reduced more and more once the halfway point was reached. The writing became very simple, using unimaginative language that was not at all compelling. After four years of searching for her lost lover, we are told that "She wasn't sure of her feelings and she didn't know whether it was love or pride that was driving her to wait for him ." This sounded to me like something out of a Harlequin Romance novel. Wasn't sure?? After four years of hell?? I found the ending to be yawningly predictable, and not at all interesting. After all of that reading, I at least wanted something that validated this tragic journey. This was a woman who had braved the ocean and a number of life threatening situations, and yet the ending might just as well have said "and she lived happily ever after."
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