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I am not sure how I feel about this book, so I think that means I liked it. The writing is awesome, though I do wish I could read it in Spanish because there was one bit that I know had to be so much better in the original language (it just wasn't sexy in English, but context tells me it was a super hot moment).
A+ look at women's rage and the different forms it can take and the different ways women can be consumed by it. I LOVE THE TITLE. That is all. ...more
A+ look at women's rage and the different forms it can take and the different ways women can be consumed by it. I LOVE THE TITLE. That is all. ...more
I find it hard to believe that before this, I had not read this book or seen the movie. I really, really enjoyed it. The writing was deceptively simple, but the story was powerful. I gave it 4 stars only because I didn't like the ending.
I did some research on magical realism while reading this book, and it has inspired me to re-read One Hundred Years of Solitude, since I had a difficult time getting through it on my first attempt. It also inspired me to read more Isabel Allende, whose writing I ...more
I did some research on magical realism while reading this book, and it has inspired me to re-read One Hundred Years of Solitude, since I had a difficult time getting through it on my first attempt. It also inspired me to read more Isabel Allende, whose writing I ...more
Yeaaaah.. Not liking the whole Magic Realism thing. We're going along, having a plot in the normal world, trouble brews, and then, poof! magic takes care of the rest. That's so cheating. I don't even know if my little paraphrasing applies to this book, because I forgot it as soon as the magic came into play.
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I started learning Spanish so that I could read this book in the original language. I did say I started. I didn't say I ever finished.
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Mar 22, 2009
Wendy Seles Shelton
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Nov 21, 2016
Rebecca Fumia Patel
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Jul 06, 2018
Jess
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Feb 11, 2019
Kate
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