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The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
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October 15, 2019
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What Members Thought

Elizabeth
Dec 12, 2006 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, southamerica
Excellent tale of family drama and if I remember rightly, ghostly worlds.
6 likes ·   · see review
Astrid Lim
Jul 11, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: literature, historical-fiction, tragedy, dysfunctional-family, culture, politics, south-america, book-club, magical-realism, popsugar-2017
A long, packed book about the Trueba family in South American country. Full of tragedies, historical moments, fired up romance: a true epic.

Even though it's long, this book is still enjoyable, and the translation version is also good. Isabel Allende is a master of storytelling. I can't get enough of the Truebas and even googled the history of Chile after reading this book. ...more
3 likes ·   · see review
Erica
Sep 10, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Can I give this book like 8 stars?
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mstan
Jul 10, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: latin-american, src-winter-2013-14, src-fall-2013
More like 2.5 stars. I found it interminable...
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Jun 20, 2007 rated it liked it
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Jun 15, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
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