This book has given me a friend who was interested in knowing my opinion of him. Apparently this is the first novel of a famous journalist, and that made his work was received with skepticism it deserves yet another book in a famosillos. The advantage of living all alone in exile is that I can access the reading of these books without any prejudice about the author or his work, and why my friend request my opinion as objective observer reading and ruthless.
The overall impression was quite positive, the best of the book is good recreation that can do the author of the spa environment of Isabela, with characters, situations and dialogues no obvious anachronisms and very believable in general. In the first part of the book, which tells the history of the spa in the 20's, is given too long a narration, which makes this part of the book is at times a bit bored by repetition. The second part however I liked it more, maybe because being the hardest topic, the author has spread less in the narrative digressions and won with This rhythm and agility. And I liked his approach to the always thorny issue of the Civil War. Although his desire to show both sides of every story makes him fall into contradictions when characterizing the characters, the author manages to give a plausible picture of how many people lived through the conflict.
In short, good historical novel, especially the atmosphere and good characterization of the characters. You can find many technical faults, but it is an interesting story and well told that without the typical happy ending leaves a good taste in your mouth when you finish reading. And that is a lot. A pleasant reading available to everyone, I recommend it all readers who have no prejudices about the authorship of the books they read.
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