The Infinite Plan

It all started a hot summer day here in Taipei. My brother was here on vacation, before he went off to university. I noticed that he wouldn?t come out of his room for hours while I played on the computer, or watched TV. It was nine pm and he came out of the room with a smile on his face and he held out a book to me. He said" you have to read it!" with excitement. After a couple days he went off to university and I was left alone. I really hadn?t payed much attention to the book, but one day I put my mind to it and started reading it. I discovered that the book never stoped unraviling surprises. It was practically impossible to stop reading in middle of a chapter, I had to know what would happen next. I was surprised how the book always had surprises.It was an emotion I had never felt before, reading a book. A sensation that you dont get by reading any other book. This is a book that shows you reality and how real life is, not just some wonderland. Its fiction, history, andventure, sexuality, and other subjects in one book. I'd read for hours until my body was exhausted. When I finished the book I was a little sad because I didnt know what would happen next. I have to say this is the best book I've read in my young life, and probably not the last book I read from this author: Isabel Allende. Id recommend this book to everyone who loves reading.

Isabel would be able to tell every story, to put a reason in the life of every person. In reading the life of Gregory Reeves, I had the impression that the dreams, hopes and hidden reasons of my life were becoming clear to myself. Reading her books is like telling her your story, and waiting for her to give it a reason and, at the same time, to put poetry in it, to make it worth to be told. In her narration, also the feelings, the pains, the irrational of an existence are put in a rational light. But nonetheless her writing does not loose the poetry of the irrational that she shares with other South-American writers, like Marquez or Amado.I'd say that the secret of her books is really this merging of rational and irrational, the sense and order of feelings and the mysterious poetry of what seems rational.

He leido todos los libros de Isabel, y este es mi segundo favorito... (1ro esta la Casa de los Espiritus!)... la manera en que la Allende nos envuelve en el caracter de cada uno de los personajes es increible.. El libro esta preciosamente narrado y el perfil de los personajes tan bien definido y claro que parece que los conocieramos a cada uno... Me parecio excelente..!

I think this is one of Allende's best books and the one that particularly reveals the strength of her insightful power. In a story told with her characteristic artistry, the author opens up not only the depth of a man's soul but also the essence of an era in a portion of the soul of American society. The characters in this story seem sometimes unbelievable, but that is what makes the book great. Each one of them is portrayed with exaggerated traits that make them distinctively symbolic. The fresh and honest perspective from which this story is told reflects the generous view of someone exploring American society with the curiosity of an outsider, and the understanding of a deep believer in the goodness and value of all human beings.

Este libro de Isabel, es muy personal, como todos los suyos, y ademas muestra una maestria para la narracion, de manera que nos hace sumergirnos en el, como si estuvieramos presentes y conocieramos realmente a los personajes. yo siento que es el mejor de ella