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Summary: DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE MAGIC
Review: Set in turn-of-the-century Mexico, Like Water for Chocolate is the story of Tita de la Garza, youngest daughter of the overbearing yet dependent Mama Elena. Tita is in love with Pedro had he with her, but when he asks for her hand in marriage, Mama Elena refuses, telling him her youngest daughter must remain single and unencumbered in order to care for her. When Mama Elena offers Pedro, Rosaura, Tita's older sister instead, Pedro gladly accepts, thinking his marriage will keep him close to Tita. Tita, meanwhile, becomes the family cook, having learned the art from the spinster Nacha. Tita however, adds a little magic to her recipes and her food is filled with her emotions--love, frustration, longing, betrayal. What's more, these emotions affect the people who eat the food as profoundly as does the food itself. The task of baking Rosaura's and Pedro's wedding cake falls to Tita. As she bakes, her tears fall in the batter and fill all at the wedding with longing for loves lost or unfulfilled. Does Tita ever find fulfillment in love? On the one hand, yes. On the other, no. Esquivel has spun a deceptively simple fantasy into a very readable book. I applaud her clear, straightforward prose. She obviously knows a really supurb story needs no gimmicks! On the negative side, the characters, especially Pedro, are rather weak and undeveloped. The surprising, surreal ending seems out of place and a little too abrupt. And while I realize Tita's cooking is symbolic, there are far too many recipes in the novel. Although interesting in themselves, the recipes soon become cumbersone and detract from the magic of the story. Although not perfect, Like Water for Chocolate is a wonderful book. A spellbinding mix of sadness, humor, earthiness and the supernatural that you won't soon forget.
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Summary: First love is the true love
Review: In my all life I read many interesting books .The ends of those books were happy endings. It was the first time I read a book I didn't know the ending of. Every chapter of this book surprised me. I finished reading this book. I want to have this book in my own collection because I need to read it twice or five times and keep that book specialy for the recipes.It was a great idea to begin each chapter with a recipes. I already tried one. It was delicious.
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Summary: Fall in love while cooking
Review: A novel from the best screenply about food,mothers relationships, rivalry, humor, sensuality, love, past traditions that is required reading for all.This book has an original way to from the kitchen culinary talent of Mama Elena's daughter Tita who learn to cook a delicious and original recipes. The mother's tradition makes Tita to put her emotional reations into her cooking,she wants someone to love and she did the best to got it till her dead. All moments when I was reading it were so remarkable, keeping me all the time in the play.The muvie was really good too it made remind my past time when I was more young of age when I had to do many things to get my really true love. I think this novel like water for chocolate has some in common with the relationships of all people,the only differnce is all the emotions and problems came out from the kitchen and all doors of love were in there, that it was good to say. I would like to say to all people not to forget this book and the muvie.
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Summary: The most extinct love history
Review: Where after the true love from one young girl to only man of her life triumph over the tiraned of her mother,the smart of her sister who married - with her man,the confused intent to marry with other man to who unlove,the bihavior traditional and respect meet to end,when is one calvary and suffering all the history develope join to smell of the cooking in the hot kitchen.
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Summary: A bad tradition vs, true love
Review: Like Water For Chocolate is a novel about a Mexican tradition long time ago in the Revolution time. It taught us how a bad tradition can destroy the life of the different characters from this story. Mama Elena is a strict and rude person but she had a reason to be like this because she had a hard childhood. I think her parents taught her strict rules in life, If Mama Elena had realized her love with Jose Trevino, she would not have been frustrated and she would have undestood Tita. Tita was a sweet girl but she was insecure and weak character because she did not fight for her love. She was a good cook and good person. Pedro was a weak man because he decided to get married to Rosaura than elope with Tita. Anyway all of characters of this story are very interesting and this novel teach us that never let leave the opportunity to be happy, life is one time ONLY.
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Summary: a little sweet love
Review: Like Water for Chocolate is a novel. I can't confuse somethings. I can't get answers until I finish reading the book. First, Who works to keep the family life? Second, what is Pedro doing? Third,Why does Tita love him and die for him? Pedro should be a special person. Because Tita is beautiful girl, she is smart, she like working, especially cooking. What is special for him? why the smart girl loves the coward man so much? The story and movie could be clearly to the readers about the in face life. I think that is successful about Mama Elena's actress.
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Summary: Sad and Romantic book
Review: Like Water for Chocolate for me is a sad story because Tita,the principal actor suffered too much.I think that she didn't deserve that because she was a wandeful girl, she had a great heart with everybody and many qualities too. And it was terrible because her mother spoiled her life because she was a selfish person and a bad mother.And Pedro he was a little coward because he let mama Elena caused separation between them. I think this book have a lot of fantasy,recepies and a little funny about same gossip characters.I compare this book like a fruit salad because it has many topics I found it very interesting.
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Summary: The most extinct love history
Review: Where after the true love from one young girl to only man of her life triumph over the tiraned of her mother,the smart of her sister who married - with her man,the confused intent to marry whit - other man to who unlove,the bihavior traditional and respect meet to end,when is one calvary and suffering all the history develope join to smell of the cooking in the hot kitchen.
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Summary: The impossible can be possible
Review: Like water for chocolate is a romantic story full of romance.Pedro betrayed Tita's love. They had Tita an inmense love.This novel has somenthing different from other Novels.This novel has recipes and emotional chapters.Mama Elena was a frustate Mother and she killed Tita's feelings.This novel talked about Mexican traditions was Real advice to remedies and delicios recipes "This proverb is true--The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"Tita discovers and made delicious recipes.All the family enjoyed it. This novel gave an excellent message.Laura Esquivel mixes fiction and Reality.The tactic was perfect for the readers to understand her novel. It was absolutely complete.Congratulations Laura Esquivel keep writing.
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Summary: Like water for chocolate
Review: I think terrible tradition in the family,the young girl was forced to find her true love. Rosaura was forced for Tita's mom marriage with the man that he,s not felt in love for her. Pedro decided married with Tita's sister, forced for his father and his mother-inlow. In the book we saw that the end, the love triunph. The youngest girl find her former boyfriend, the reazon triunph over the traditions of the families. Because Tita felt in love to Pedro, all the time. The history is emotional,romantic dram, there are fiction, it has a litter sad, there are humorous, the girl has many dificulties,but the final the girl find her true love. This history is instructive for the families about his sons or her daughters in this traditional families of today. But the most instructive history for mathers that forced her doughters to her own impulses or family tradition.
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