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Review title: Abhorrent
Product review: This book is:A) Poorly writtenB) Poorly TranslatedC) Poorly devisedD) Poor over allThe "plot" is reminiscent of something seen on "Televido" at four in the afternoon. The whole thing is violently politically scewed, being based around the evil of anyone not a socialist.Allende never once mentions the thousands of atrocities and mass murders perpetrated by the socialist government, and also fails to point out the fact that Chile blossomed into a technologically advanced country competetitive in the world market under its facist dictatorship.It's grotesque, as well. I don't think any of the characters survive the book without being raped at some point, and homosexuality is encouraged as being noble.The characters are all horribly sterotypical archetypes. The idea that this sort of literary musak is considered "classic literature" and forced upon impressionable students in high school.My advice to all students out there: Refuse to read this book en masse. Your teacher won't fail all of you.
