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Violeta

Auteur(s): Isabel Allende,Frances Riddle
Narrateur(s): Yareli Arizmendi
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.

“An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—
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Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.

Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling.

She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women’s rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and ultimately not one, but two pandemics.

Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.

©2022 Isabel Allende (P)2022 Random House Audio

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  • 2022-02-04

Fantastic Book

As always with Allende I was captured immediately. I loved this book and have already recommended it to friends.

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A diary but not a diary

Looking at the other reviews, I realize that this was simply not my type of book. The faux style of a personal journal (or a letter to a grandson) might have been moderately interesting had it been an actual journal, but it is touted as a novel and hence supposed to be an invented story. That I didn’t care about. The narration was bland and emotionless. The protagonist was self serving, but not self reflective. She never seemed to regret any of her appalling decisions or take responsibility for them. My last book by Allende. Life is too short.

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Great book!

I thought this book was really interesting and heartbreaking. The main character was likeable. I would definitely recommend this book!

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Amazing beautiful story. Best oration.

Isabel is the best writer of all time and Yareli is an incredible narrator. Really brought this beautiful story to life.

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Amazing Read

A must read for 2023! Funny, sad, I felt it all’s like this moment, I feel sad to not be reading some more.

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Violeta is a very good read.

I liked the story. It flowed well and was very interesting. I really like stories by this author.

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Felt like 100 years

The historical fiction is interesting if you are familiar with that era. Very long though...

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Loved From Beginning to End

Listening to this book transports me! I am already regretting that it's over and have re-listened to a few of the last chapters. The soothing voice of Yareli is rhythmic and comforting to my ears. Its so interesting to understand the strains of time through decades that I haven't lived, right up to her conclusion during our current a Covid pandemic. It makes it more understandable. I highly recommend this book! Keep in your library and re-read when you need a little softness in your life🤍

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  • 2022-02-06

This dragged on

I truly enjoyed Part 1 and 2 of this woman's fascinating life, but after that the story became cumbersome to listen to.

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  • Julien
  • 2023-06-14

Love the way the story unfolds

Great story and great reader! There’s maybe a chapter or two that I would have skipped but overall a great book.

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  • Pat Brett
  • 2022-02-14

Not my favorite....


Apart from the idea that an old woman would be writing about her sex life to her grandson, I found this story increasingly unbelievable.as she faced issue after issue throughout her life.
While I can truly appreciate the strength women have, I couldn’t help but find this tale of a woman able to continue both her romantic life and her very physically adventurous activities well beyond her 80’s to be yet another example of the “perfection” held up to our gender as “ the way aging is”. Let’s face it, most of us can’t manage half the challenges this woman was supposedly able to rise to.

I found the narrator to be mechanical and a voice apart from the main character.

Not my favorite Allende book

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  • Jessica B
  • 2022-03-08

Violeta

Do you know how awful it feels to finish a book you thoroughly enjoyed? Then next book will pale in comparison through no fault of the next writer’s, but few compare to this master storyteller. Few.
If you enjoy fiction featuring families and want an escape from the wretched world we live in, this is probably perfect for you.
Enjoy.

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  • Josh Kummerfeld
  • 2022-08-17

Obvious liberal agenda

The story would have been great if it weren’t for the obvious liberal agenda that was being pushed throughout the whole book. If you don’t want propaganda shoved down your throat every few minutes, maybe avoid this one!

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  • E.K. Lanier
  • 2022-01-27

Engrossing. Could not put it down.

Such a moving story with a memorable and large cast of characters. Could not hold back the tears.

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  • Elizabeth Beckmann
  • 2022-02-07

Returning this to Audible

Maybe I’m just not in the mood. However, I can’t get into this story at all. Maybe it’s the translation! But it seems to me as if this book is written in bullet points. Very little description thus far. It is just not maintaining my interest.

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  • Elsy Hernandez
  • 2022-04-12

I love Isabel Allende but

this book lacks the fire and the magic that other books have. it didn't transport me either. That's my opinion...

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  • Bryn
  • 2022-03-19

Second try - still dissapointed

There are readers and there are story tellers. Unfortunately the narrator of this book is the former. The first time I tried to listen, I gave up. Given my love for the author, I tried again. I was able to get over my distaste for the narrator, thinking her weird inflection might be because English is her second language (just a guess) but it was still annoying. And to be fair, Allende didn't give her much to work with. The book is a meandering recollection and somewhat recycled from her previous works. This book felt like the author needed the requisite pandemic publication and threw this together. No real story line. Forgettable. 😒

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  • Jodi
  • 2022-01-29

100 years of beautiful

another beautiful book by Isabel Allende. pulls me in with her words it makes me fall in love.

our lives are all so different and unique I am grateful to have known for violeta's

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  • Rachel West
  • 2022-09-28

Classic Allende story

This is a classic Isabel Allende story. Beautiful prose with a story that traces the history of a family. Although I liked the story, I wish she would vary her storylines just a bit more. I found this novel to be like contemporary version of “House of the Spirits.” It’s a great story, but it gets a little repetitive.

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  • marcepa
  • 2022-08-05

Violeta

I am trying to catch my breath the way I always find my self at the of an Isabel Allende novel. Perhaps I should have waited some time before reviewing this novel. It was an experience that Carries the reader through South American history, politics and culture
The work, suffering,and life of Violeta. She is a unique powerful woman but somehow we all can find part of our own lives and feelings in her powerful story. Don’t miss the experience.

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