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Ines of My Soul: A Novel (P.S.)
by Isabel Allende

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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96440.Ines_of_My_Soul_A_Novel?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Ines of My Soul: A Novel (P.S.)" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NQk7LMBoL._SL160_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96440.Ines_of_My_Soul_A_Novel?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Ines of My Soul: A Novel</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2238.Isabel_Allende">Isabel Allende</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7660223?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>This is the story of Inés Suárez, an actual historic figure who lived in the early-mid 1500's.  She was apparently one of the founders of Chile.  In this novel, Inés is a very old woman about to die and is recounting the story of her adventure-filled life to her daughter. She was born and spent her childhood in Spain, made her way alone to the New World. She lived in Peru for a short period of time and fell in love with a soldier/adventurer and together they lead an expedition to Chile and founded the colony and the city of Santiago.  Based on this premise you would think this would be an exciting, can't-put-it-down kind of book, right?  It isn't. It seems like much of the book is repetitive - the colony starts to thrive, they are attacked by the indigenous people, they suffer, they rebuild the colony - rinse, lather, repeat. This may be historically accurate, but it doesn't make for such an exciting book. Also, she gets really into the military aspect of things which isn't so exciting for me. I do HIGHLY recommend two of her other books, Daughter of Fortune and Zorro.  In particular, Daughter of Fortune is one of my favorites.
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This is the story of Inés Suárez, an actual historic figure who lived in the early-mid 1500's. She was apparently one of the founders of Chile. In this novel, Inés is a very old woman about to die and is recounting the story of her adventure-filled life to her daughter. She was born and spent her childhood in Spain, made her way alone to the New World. She lived in Peru for a short period of time and fell in love with a soldier/adventurer and together they lead an expedition to Chile and founded the colony and the city of Santiago. Based on this premise you would think this would be an exciting, can't-put-it-down kind of book, right? It isn't. It seems like much of the book is repetitive - the colony starts to thrive, they are attacked by the indigenous people, they suffer, they rebuild the colony - rinse, lather, repeat. This may be historically accurate, but it doesn't make for such an exciting book. Also, she gets really into the military aspect of things which isn't so excit...more

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message 1: by Candice

10/14/2007 07:04AM

Good review Laura, just like this book, I was all ready to go and get the book, until you gave the real scoop on it. How about a review of Daughter of Fortune and Zorro? Thanks!