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Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (P.S.) Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (P.S.)
by Isabel Allende

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I remember beginning to read Daughter of Fortune several years ago but for some reason put it aside and never finished it. How I was able to do that so easily, I will never know because the second time around this book ended up being difficult to put down.

Isabel Allende has created a very engaging and well-rounded character in Eliza Sommers. I found the most endearing thing about Eliza was her stubborness and her imperfections. Often that is what will draw me to a character because it makes them real, and I found Eliza couldn't be more real if she had even stepped off the page.

Every character that Eliza encountered helped to enrich her life and each one added more to the story that kept you reading, but obviously the one you bonded to the most was the one who held a story of his own: Tao Chi'en. The bond those two created could drive you crazy and was really kept me reading until the very end.

Without giving anything away I'll finish off by saying this book is wri...more

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03/19/2008 06:12AM

244186 I thought this was an amazing book! It was def one of the best books i had read in a long time- i have Portrait in Sepia which is the sequel...hope to start reading that soon!Dont you think this would make an amazing movie! It was so rich and vivid-

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03/19/2008 10:45AM

103544 She has a sequel? I didn't know that! I'm definitely going to have to check it out! Or maybe I'll wait for you to read it and tell me what you think in comparison to the first book.

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03/21/2008 06:30AM

244186 i will let you know what i think....

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