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  <title><![CDATA[Eva Luna]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Isabel Allende]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 03 10:41:37 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perhaps it is merely a reflection of my feebleness as a reader that I assume the basic conceit of any first person novel is for the author to be the narrator, more or less. In my defense, this book is dedicated to Allende's mother. And the story itself is about a girl who loses her mother and loves ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2323852">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Zoë]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Isabel Allende" title=" Isabel Allende"> Isabel Allende</a> that I've read and I can totally see myself getting addicted to her writing...That, and my mother has sent me about 10 of her books to read here in Malaysia.  But I stayed up all night last night just to finish the last half of the book, and that usually mea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2025778">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 20:06:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 12 17:57:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard for me to put into words what I enjoyed so much about this novel.  It's another Allende that I've read and enjoyed more than once.  It's so detailed and absorbing that it always feels like I'm reading it for the first time.  Through a unique dual narrative Allende chronicles the lives of E...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12806694">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4296015">
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Aug 08 22:54:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome Book but don't forget to take your Ritalin before reading this book, if you have a hard time keeping up with too many characters in a Plot, you will need to OD on Ritalin before starting this book, trust me you will need it! This will be a great movie someday, the characters are rich, but it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4296015">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59687949">
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 14 21:06:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 14 21:11:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second book I have read by Isabel Allende and it is addicting. I got this from the library when I was returning a book. Her style of writing is great and to my liking. In The House of the Spirits, the book is really detailed and engaging. It is the same with this book! The main character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59687949">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue May 12 06:37:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rich with allegory, magical reasoning &amp; happenstance and her own miraculous self, this book of Eva Luna is a story-telling book that helps her survive an otherwise miserable life destined by her less than propitious birth.  Although said to carry on from <u>The House of the Spirits</u> and <u>Of Love and Shad...</u><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55776280">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36652764">
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 31 16:57:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is my first genuine encounter with Latin American literature and it's been a gratifying one. Isabelle Allende, a self-proclaimed feminist before (Chilean?) feminism was born takes us on a journey of an orphan with a special talent in story telling. she was lucky enough to be born in Latin Ameri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36652764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35903492">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second book from Allende that I've read. And it's simply astounding. She introduces me to a woman who was conceived on her father's deathbed -as she says so- and named after her father tribe. She's Eva Luna. She's really good in telling stories, she can make a great and a happy ending ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35903492">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16759726">
    <user id="437991">
    <name><![CDATA[Alyson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Dec 11 13:08:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having read The House of Spirits, Portrait in Sepia, and Eva Luna almost sequentially in the past month, I can now rank them appropriately. The House of Spirits remains my number one Allende read: fabulous tale interviewing magic and history with the oddities of family and challenges of love.  Eva L...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16759726">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14926133">
    <user id="244132">
    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I finished it, this book reminded me of a Charles Dickens life tale in which everything kind of comes together.  The large cast of characters tie up nicely in the end, a love story that even ends similarly to Great Expectations in that there are almost two endings: the real and the imagined, th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14926133">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73822442">
    <user id="218566">
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Me gustó bastante Eva Luna por la manera de la autora de tejer varios personajes y historias, de forma que al final entendemos cómo se relacionan cada uno.  Aunque los acontecimientos son quizás a veces inverosímiles, Allende desarrolla unos personajes fantásticos y muy interstantes, en particu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73822442">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67988609">
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up a few weeks ago as a treat for when I finished my magical realism paper, and I just finished it this morning.  Though not as convoluted and detailed as The House of the Spirits, Eva's a great heroine and reminds me a great deal of Alba.  Her life is bizarre and never stops being int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67988609">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13850956">
    <user id="64541">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book to give Isabelle Allende a second chance after being unable to finish Daughter of Fortune.  Although she still has not quite won me over, I think that Eva Luna showcased the author's strength - words and descriptions that are lyrical, encompassing and lyrical in their own right.  Be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13850956">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12424445">
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    <name><![CDATA[Vera]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it, but I feel like some of the magic was lost reading it in English instead of Spanish. I'd like to read it over again in the right language to get the full effect. I don't remember it that well - the story bounces around all over the place, following a man and woman as they have... well, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12424445">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46565732">
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a fan of this type of writing. Allende has a habit of introducing dozens of eccentric characters, but never fully developing any of them. She gives each person a few poetic lines to desribe them to pull you in, but it never gets more complex than that. But, this story provided a good example of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46565732">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50444519">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book during a very difficult time in my life.  I moved to another country by myself and I didn't know anyone.  Lost the love of my life (my grandma) and had my heart broken by an $$hole.  I began reading this book as a sad little girl and finished being a new woman.  The book might not b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50444519">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57981027">
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