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It's an epic, tragic story of passionate love, spirituality, and women and men in a failed revolution. Allende is an amazing story teller though sometimes I did want to take a break while reading it because of the depressing subject matter. Like her other writings it focuses extensively on the experience of women, on social justice, and on the complicated way faith and mysticism affect people's life. Another thing I like about it is that Allende told the stories of even the most unsympathetic characters (e.g. Esteban Trueba) with compassion & ended the long, brutal tale with a sense of reconciliation.