I don't know what about Isabel Allende's writing is so addicting, but it is. I read this book in two sittings, probably would've finished it in one if I didn't have to sleep.

There were some things that made me give this 4 starts instead of 5:
- Things were a little too conveninet at times, characters became sucessfull too quickly and too easily (but I was able to overlook most of it because it wasn't with the main characters, and also because those things weren't the focus of the story.)
- Being a white author writing about slavery, Allende did do some things wrong. I do believe she had the best intentions, and it's clear she did A LOT of research, but some scenes were a bit unconfortable (for ex. the one where the Irish woman tells Teté about how she had to work to pay her debts and compares it Teté's situation. Those two things are incomparable).
- The end part of the book wasn't my favorite.

Now, the things I loved the most:
- The setting was obviously very well researched and I loved learning more about Haiti's history. The book even became a little duller once we moved away from it. But I felt like I was truly immersed in the setting, and that's great.
- Allende's writing is always great. I see a lot of people talk about the way she describes dialogue instead of writing it word for word, but that's actually very common in Latin America and came mostly from people outside of Latam. A lot of people need to learn that there are other places in the word and that those places will have different writing styles, and only because they aren't used to it, it doesn't mean it's bad.
- I loved most of the characters. I was able to connect with them. I was always eager to learn more about them and what they were up to.

Anyways. Eager for my next book by the author.