El plan infinito

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Summary: UNO DE MIS LIBROS FAVORITOS
Review: Este es un libro que más he disfrutado en mi vida, pues tiene el personaje principal es muy real, con todo y la fantasía que le rodea, un personaje inolvidable dueño de una historia igualmente inolvidable.

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Summary: Me encanto el plan infinito !!!
Review: Este libro de Isabel, es muy personal, como todos los suyos, y ademas muestra una maestria para la narracion, de manera que nos hace sumergirnos en el, como si estuvieramos presentes y conocieramos realmente a los personajes. yo siento que es el mejor de ella

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Summary: Crudo como la vida misma.
Review: Esto no es un libro, yo mas bien lo llamaria una experiencia. Nunca fui muy fanatico de Isabel pero este libro me convencio de su maravillosa pluma y sin dejar de mencionar esa bella narrativa que no deja que pares de leer.

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Great story from the 1960's Vietnam war and Los angeles in the 60's, a white boy in the heart of Los Angeles mexican district
very cool, you won't stop reading this one.

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Summary: Isabel Allende's bomb
Review: He leido todos los libros de Isabel, y este es mi segundo favorito... (1ro esta la Casa de los Espiritus!)... la manera en que la Allende nos envuelve en el caracter de cada uno de los personajes es increible.. El libro esta preciosamente narrado y el perfil de los personajes tan bien definido y claro que parece que los conocieramos a cada uno... Me parecio excelente..!

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Summary: Buenisismo!
Review: He leido todos los libros de Isabel, y este es mi segundo favorito... (1ro esta la Casa de los Espiritus!)... la manera en que la Allende nos envuelve en el caracter de cada uno de los personajes es increible.. El libro esta preciosamente narrado y el perfil de los personajes tan bien definido y claro que parece que los conocieramos a cada uno... Me parecio excelente..!

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Summary: The tragedy of this book is that it comes to an end.
Review: I chose to read this book quite by accident. Wanting to keep up with spanish as a second language, I decided to read on a regular basis. At the neighborhood bookstore, "El Plan Infinito" was the only spanish book on the shelf. I was greatly rewarded by having so few options.

The creation, development, and metamorphasis of the characters is astonishing. Isabel Allende is truly gifted in making characters come alive. That she can create credible characters that are so far afield of her own experience is an obvious indication of her talents as a writer. Age, ethnicity, culture, race, and gender offer no barrier to her ability to develope a character that the reader can see, understand, and most importantly, believe. Sra. Allende has an obvious gift for weaving the experiences and motivations of several complex characters into a single, well-woven cloth.

The tragedy of this book is that it comes to an end. The characters cease to be simply characters drawn from another's imagination; instead, they became real people who can be remembered and missed. As real people their lives would continue. But of course, a book must end, and we must simply savor the experience.

"El Plan Infinito" is well-written and entertaining. Its characters speak to something that resides in all of us. Perhaps this is the key to the popularity of Sra. Allende's books. Vicariously, through her characters, we can give vent to the unconventional urges that reside deep within our psyche.

The next book I read will be written by Isabel Allende.

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Summary: Marquez Lite
Review: This book reminds me on One Hunded Years of Solitude, though the comparison is probably unfair to Marquez. It's a generational novel that follows the life a young boy through his early years with his carnival parents, to life as a white boy in the barrio, to law school, to Vietnam, and in the end (of course) to redemption. The characters are drawn fairly well, and the moral choices they face are compelling. But I can't say that the characters became my friends, or that any of the themes are particularly enduring. If you're considering this and haven'r read any Marquez, I suggest going there first.

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Summary: Isabel Allende's bomb
Review: Very poor book. Isabel Allende seems to have lost her way with this one. For some reason it doesn't flow, it is a mish mash of ideas and stories and strayed too far from what she is very good at.

Definitely not one of her good ones.