Like Water for Chocolate

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Summary: Tita, The Amazing Cook & Secret Lover
Review: Tita who is the main character lives in the kitchen. She cooks all these wonderful foods for special occasions and to get the man she loves but can not have. She falls on love with a man Pedro. She can not have him because she is the youngest in her family but the problem is Pedro is in love with her so he marries her sister so he can be close to Tita. The thing is, is Tita has to hide your feelings from everyone about her secret love for Pedro because her mother along with her sister would never speak to her again and makes her out to be the bad guy. Pedro on the other hand never tries to hide his love for her, which gets them both into a lot of trouble in the end. This book is full of love, drama, traditions and food recipes. It is a book I could not compare to any other because this book is one of a kind and unique and good.

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Summary: Soap Opera of Romance
Review: Soap Opera of Romance

A reader from Denver Colorado, December 6, 1999

Author Laura Esquivel has a book called Like Water for Chocolate. I rate this book an 8 because it has a lot of drama, passion, and romance that keeps you interested

This book is about a Mexican traditional family. The focus of this family is Tita who is the youngest girl in her family. Part of the family's tradition is that the youngest girl is to not marry, and to take care of her mother until she dies. Well Titia happens to fall deeply in love with Pedro, her mother disapproves, and arranges for her older sister to marry Tita's love Pedro. Now Tita and Pedro have many obstacles to over come such as war, death, and traditions of this family.

I would recommend this book for all those interested in Mexican cooking, some home- remedy and a lot of soap opera romance.

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Summary: To Live In Misery And Die In Lovel
Review: Like Water For Choclate A mystical Mexican love story is a wonderful romantic fairy tale. A story about tradition, love, sex, and war. A story about the twelve months of the year. A recipe for each month,and home remedies. This story is exciting and keeps you wondering about what will happen next. If you like war, love, sex, and food you'll like this book. Once you start reading you'll want to keep going until your done. Like Water For Choclate, by Laura Esquirel. Give this book a try.

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Summary: A dramatic love story
Review: Like Water for Chocolate is one of the best books I have read in some time. This is a story of a dramatic tale of two lovers who are longing to be together but are separated because of the cruelty and unfairness of the woman's mother. The devilish acts of her mother along with her daughter's deception keeps the reader wanting more. This book was easy to understand and was very enjoyable. If you like drama or romance, I highly recommend this book!

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Summary: Will Guarantee Enjoyment by All
Review: The novel, Like Water for Chocolate, is one of the best books I have ever read. It depicts the life of a young woman, Tita De La Garza, and her many aspirations, among them being to marry the man of her dreams, Pedro. However, her dream will not become a reality, for according to family tradition, the youngest daughter is forbidden to marry so that she can focus on nurturing and caring for her mother up until the day she dies. The novel contained magical tales of deceit, love, passion, and drama...all subjects that everyone can relate to. The chapters, which were separated by month, included recipes of various Mexican dishes. Each recipe symbolized a different event in the chapter. The stories about Tita and her family flowed together wonderfully and the ending tied everything up, making it very clear and easy to understand. If you like reading real-life stories of romance and drama written in great detail, then Laura Esquivel's, Like Water for Chocolate, is just the book for you. Whether you follow the recipes and make the dishes for yourself, or simply just read it, you will, guaranteed, enjoy this book.

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Summary: A touching romantic story and interesting recipes
Review: "Like Water for Chocolate" is a very touching romantic story. It already attracted me when I read the first chapter. I really like the constructure of the whole story which was connected by those wonderful recipes. And I have never seen those recipes before. Tita, the youngest daughter of De la Garza family, who had to follow the tradition to take care of her mom until her death, was not allowed to marry to her true love, Pedro, by her formidable mother. In order to approach Tita, Pedro accepted Mama Elena's offer to marry Tita's oldest sister Rosaura. From then on, Tita and Pedro had been living in the struggle of love and pain. After Mama died, I thought that the obstacle was gone and she could be with Pedro again. But acutually, Tita was in a difficult position to make a choice whether to marry to a doctor, John, who loves her very much, or save herself for Pedro because although she loves Pedro very much, she didn't want to hurt her sister Rosaura and their daughter Esperanza. And when she finally enjoyed being with Pedro, he died. And she burned herself and the whole ranch. What left was only the recipe book. Tita's life was short and suffering. She didn't really enjoy even one-day happiness. I feel sad about her.

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I believe "Like Water for Chocolate" Is one of the best books that I have read. Every time I read this book it gets better and better.

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Summary: A wonderful and romantic book to read.
Review: The book is about a Spanish family and the traditional background which takes place in a Mexican border town in 1910. Tita, the main character of the book, falls in love with a man named Pedro, but the only thing that is keeping them apart is Tita's fearsome mother. Since Tita is the youngest daughter of the family, she has to dedicate her life to caring and tending to her mother until she has passed away. I really enjoyed reading the book. It is suspenseful and dramatic that you will want to know what is going to happen next. Once I started reading the book, i couldn't put it down. The book is full of romance and drama that I can relate to it very easily. Tita did everything to be with the man of her dreams and I would do the same if something was keeping my boyfriend and me apart. I highly recommend reading this book because it is an excellent book to read.

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Summary: Marvelous
Review: This book is both facinating and a specticle to enjoy at once. It's plot is enticing and interesting, and the recipes aren't too bad either!

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Summary: a delicious story about love, hate, and food!
Review: This is an extremely magical, romantic story. It involves love, hate, deception, morals, karma, passion, betrayal and food. Not only is it delicious to read, but it also contains exciting Mexican recipes for each chapter. It's the kind of book that you'd like to devour quickly, but at the same time it's so good you want to savour it slowly. I highly recommend this book to absolutely anyone who can read!!!