Feels like another author entirely wrote this O.o

This was my introduction to Allende, and I honestly would have never ever read another if a friend had not suggested trying 'The House of the Spirits', which turned out to be WONDERFUL. Eva Luna is also wonderful. Those two books made me feel so alive that I feel they opened an entirely new side to life for me, one I had perhaps buried years ago and one that has made the world come alive for me again ... This book feels like an entirely different person wrote it, it's boring, cliche, nonsensical and makes me feel dead and tired. I also didn't appreciate the political digs in it referencing the 2016 election (and I'm very moderate, not conservative ... I just feel the political situation today actually has so much nuance and depth to it, and the approach of this book not only utterly fails to understand what's happening but actually makes the divides worse ... just awful). Whatever you do, don't judge Allende by this book alone!

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