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Recommended for: fans of The Notebook, and Victorian “sensation” novels like The Woman in White.
This was incredibly over the top. Allende took everything she had and threw it in. If it could happen, it happened. If a character trope exists, it’s in there. Noble poverty; lazy but good-hearted rich; old people bravely facing the ends of their lives, epic love affairs, classism, sexism, racism, homophobia; (view spoiler) ...more
This was incredibly over the top. Allende took everything she had and threw it in. If it could happen, it happened. If a character trope exists, it’s in there. Noble poverty; lazy but good-hearted rich; old people bravely facing the ends of their lives, epic love affairs, classism, sexism, racism, homophobia; (view spoiler) ...more

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