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Title: Daughter of Fortune: A Novel by Isabel Allende ISBN: 0-380-82101-X Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (337 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A good read
Comment: I thought that Daughter of Fortune was a good read. It would be a great summer vacation read: the plot clicks along, the characters are engaging, and the story doesn't require much mental effort/struggling from the reader. This book reads quickly, and Allende continues the stories of the characters she introduces here in another book, Portrait in Sepia.
Rating: 5
Summary: Will read all of Ms. Allende books, based on this one!
Comment: This was one of those, "Oh my God...what's going to happen next!?" books that I could not put down. Eliza is a beautiful character in this book and you feel as if you are the stowaway, identityless explorer, or hopeless romantic.
What I thouroughly enjoyed though, is how that Ms.Allende gave us such a history of all the main characters, so that we could understand their current state of mind. Rose and her fear of love, Tao Chien and his undying loyalty to Eliza, and lastly Jacob Todd, who you can't help but feel sorry for throughout the book.
If you like a book filled with adventure, interesting characters, tangled plot and a little romance on the side, then you will like this book. If you like history and interesting facts about different areas of the world you will also like this book.
It's a must read, however, I will agree that the ending was abrupt and left me hungry for more. The somewhat sequel "Portrait in Sepia" helped shed a little light on the life of Eliza and Tao Chien. It is also a must read!
Don't miss it!
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a Great Piece of Literature
Comment: But an entertaining read.
What I mean is that I read this book for my book discussion group. Unlike other books we've read, I am not sure that there's much to discuss. I don't see a lot of "turning points" in this book, where a character is forced to make a decision, and makes one that the reader doesn't expect.
This is not to say that it's predictible, of course. There's a wide range of locales, spanning three continents. It would probably be enjoyed by people who enjoy novels about a "woman making her own way in the world."
For a (completely different) historical novel focusing on a woman, I recommend _The Russländer_ by Sandra Birdsell.
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Title: Portrait in Sepia : A Novel by Isabel Allende ISBN: 0060936363 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende ISBN: 0553273914 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Eva Luna. by Isabel Allende ISBN: 0553280589 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Retrato en Sepia : Una Novela by Isabel Allende ISBN: 0060936355 Publisher: RAYO Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Paula by Isabel Allende ISBN: 0060927216 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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