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Summary: Mexican Story
Review: This book for me is unreally and controversial, because the members of this Family De La Garza, always use their tradition, I really disagree with this tradition, because the tradition that they use is the youngest child has to take care of the parents until they die. For me it is not right because I am not going to punish the life of one of my children this will ruin the future. I would like my children to get a good future, because children are the future of the world.I dislike the ideas of the family De La Garza, to force, the youngest to do something that is not right. I agree with the action that Gertrudis took, to escape from the ranch. Also the youngest wanted to do same as her but She couldn't The mother of the La Garza dies the youngest thinks that her life will be different, but it was worse because the spirit of the mother is always trying to torment her, and the youngest tries get rid of her from her life. I will recommend this book because is very exciting, if you would like to reading you would be to pass a good time.
This book for me is unreally and controversial, because the members of this Family De La Garza, always use their tradition, I really disagree with this tradition, because the tradition that they use is the youngest child has to take care of the parents until they die... I dislike the ideas of the family De La Garza, to force, the youngest to do something that is not right. I agree with the action that Gertrudis took, to escape from the ranch. Also the youngest wanted to do same as her but She couldn't ... I will recommend this book because is very exciting, if you would like to reading you would be to pass a good time.
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Summary: The real world tradition
Review: The real World tradition, especially in Mexico. My personal opinion about this book is good, because this novel shows us, how life was in the 1900 century. We can imagine, how cruel life was for the youngest child to take care of her mother until she died.
I think this tradition was stupid, because every human has their own life and each person, can do anything they want. Therefore, I recommend this novel to everyone. It is very interesting; we have the opportunity to recognize and learn, how we should be treating our family. In fact, this novel has a lot of fantasy. No body is going to believe, when Gertrudis could turn her fire off. She looked like a big flame of fire, that's impossible. Any way, this fantasy doesn't change anything; this novel deserves many stars and a lot of reward. Pretty story.
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Summary: A FIGHT OF LOVE AND POWER.
Review: BOOK REVIEW: Like water for chocolate : is an excellent book.
I like the way that the author play with the character,
She has a big imagination to make different situation ,
Some of them are really funny, some of them really sad and depressing,
Some of them absolutely amazing, and incredible. And all of that combination
Made the novel interesting. For me it's one of the best that I had read.
But the most important thing in this novel was the love! Always the loveee ! The love between Pedro and Tita, if you're a romantic person you're going to
Enjoy this novel very much.
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Summary: In love and confused
Review: This love story came out from a sight, grew up with contradictions and ended with sadness and sorrow.
It's a real love story with bad side effects especially the end of it which was painful.
The narrator was a character's daughter and the ideas belonged to the author. My opinion is that this story has a direct relation with the author's past and traditions according to the Place where it happened {Mexico in the late 1800}.
Personally I liked this story with it's special way of narration and it's specific style made of imagination despite the sad end which I didn't care for.
It would be better if Tita had married DR Brown.I will recommend this book to every one who likes a cocktail of love, sex, imagination and suspense.
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Summary: LOVE, PASSION & HATE
Review: "LOVE, PASSION &HATE"
I like this book because it is a Mexican story around 1900; it is about LOVE how two people fall deeply in love. TRADITION how they couldn't realize their love just for a family tradition. PASSION however they lived, an intense love where the passion let them quench the red fire that was burning inside of their bodies.
This story tells us about how two sisters have to compete for the love of the same man. It is also about the HATE between sisters. I really recommend this book for all those people who like to read love stories. It is so interesting that when you start reading the first chapter you will want to continue the others where you will go on and on until you finish reading the book. "I hope you could enjoy this book"
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Summary: A Mexican love story that opens your instincts for good food
Review: The book is a story of love, suffering, tradition and food that involves an old fashioned family from Mexico in the early 1800s, all the characters play an important part in this story, but the principal role is about Tita, a sad young girl who was born in the kitchen table, and that was the place where she spent almost all her time, She learned to cook almost everything there, The kitchen was her confident in sadness, happiness, etc.
About love she was an unlucky person, because the imposition from her mother of their family tradition, that was about of the smallest daughter to take care of the mother until the dead.
The novel was written in monthly installments; twelve in total with home remedies and wonderful food recipes that I know you will want to try.
I encourage you in to read this book, because you will feel a great necessity in to continue while you are reading, and finish it with the same emotion until the end.
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Summary: "An old Tradition"
Review: Book Review "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel. We read this book in our ESL Class of New York City Technical College in Brooklyn, NY. In this book you would see: recipes, romances and home remedies. This book is about a strong and embitter mother "Mama Elena". She has tree daughters, Rosaura, Gertrudis and Tita. The mother tried to make possible an old family tradition. This cruel tradition is about that "The youngest daughter can't marry until her mother dies". When the youngest daughter's boyfriend Pedro asked for her hand, her embitter mother offered him the oldest daughter Rosaura instead of the poor Tita. This mystical story was set in a Ranch in the north of Mexico, many years ago. I recommend this novel, because it has a lot of intrigue. When you start to read it, you can not put it down, because each chapter has a different recipe and emotions too.
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Summary: is it worth it?
Review: YES!
I've read this book three times and i love it. this book is a must read!
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Summary: Greedy for more . . .
Review: This novel is sure to awaken all the senses! A deliciously woven story of culture and tradition, served over a bed of marvelous family recipes and garnished with the passion that only forbidden love can produce. "Like Water for Chocolate" is the story of three generations of Mexican women striving to secure a place of peace and happiness within a family immersed in traditions that are based more on sacrifice than nurturance. In the novel, we are introduced to the De La Graza family, headed by Mama Elena. Mama Elena rules her family with an iron claw. Uncompromising and unwilling to yield to anything that breaks tradition or the perception that her family is the model of refinement. Tita, the youngest daughter, falls madly in love with Pedro, a man she is not allowed to marry. The customs of the family requires the youngest daughter to never wed. Instead, she is to take care of her mother until either of them dies. When Pedro comes to Mama Elena to ask for her permission to marry Tita, he is denied. Rosaura is offered instead; being the older sister and available for marriage. Pedro agrees to marry Rosaura as a way to stay close to Tita. Rosaura, being the obedient daughter, marries Pedro without consideration of the effect her marriage would have on Tita. Gertrudis, a third sister, is the first to break free of Mama Elena's rule. Tita prepares a meal using roses pedals from a bouquet she received from Pedro (after he's married Rosaura). The roses re-ignite Tita's desires for Pedro. Mama Elena disapproves of Pedro's gift and demands that Tita destroy it. Instead, Tita uses the roses in a recipe. Stained with blood from the tight embrace with which Tita cradled them, she makes a sauce that will be served over quail at a dinner party. As the guest eat the quail in rose petal sauce, they are overwhelmed with desire, clutched by lust and longing. Tita and Pedro appear to be the source of the powerful passion. The chemistry between them flows through Gertrudis, filling her with passion so hot, so intense that she is unable to contain it. Neither cool air nor cold shower can extinguish the fire within her. Fleeing from a useless cold shower, Gertrudis runs naked through an open field in an effort to escape the fire of desire. She is swept away by a soldier on horseback who had fallen madly in love after capturing a single glance of her in the village plaza. This is but one example of how Esquirel blends the elements of food and passion to produce a splendid novel. My only regret is that I can't read Spanish. On more than one occasion I felt there was something missing in the English translation of the novel. In her native language, I'm sure the author is able to express more fully the delightfully sensuous and deliciously romantic sentiments that the translators were not able to capture in English. A very solid and fun novel. Enjoy!
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Summary: A great love story!!!!
Review: (...) As an assignment in my AP English3 class I had to choose a book to read and do an report on. I choose LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE because I had saw the movie, only I saw it in Spanish. So I wanted to read the book to get a better understanding of the story. "Like Water for Chocolate" is a great story to read if you love to love. Although most of the story was more of a magical type of love, it was still very interesting. I really enjoyed the book. It was very hard to put it down as soon as I started reading. I am not the type of person to just pick up a book and read, but I am glad that I choose to read that book. If you like to read a good, romantic, hard-to-put-down book... then I suggest you read "Like Water for Chocolate".
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