Like Water for Chocolate

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Summary: Romantic Fairy Tale
Review: I am a senior from Walla Walla High School I read the book "Like Water For Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel. The book was about a young woman, Tita, that is in love with a man named Pedro. They wanted to get married, but there was a problem. In Titas culture the youngest girl in the family has to take care of her mother until she dies. Which means she can not get married until the mother passes away. So when Pedro asks for Titas hand her mother offers Titas sister, Rosaura, to Pedro. Pedro accepts because he thinks that this is the only way he can be near Tita. Throughout the book there are twists, turns, and suprises. You never know whats going to happen next. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat. It made me keep reading and reading to see what was going to happen next. This is a romantic fairy tale that puts together magical fantasy and the real life trials and tribulations of a girl in love. I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: Spicy Sweet
Review: "Like Water For Chocolate" is one of the best books I've read in a long time. I don't even like to read and I still enjoyed it. Esquivel combines romance, heartache, cooking, comedy, and a dash of fantasy to make this Mexican love story a winner. I found it particularly interesting how each chapter starts off with a different Mexican recipe, and each recipe has something to do with the contents of that chapter. If you have an imagination and like spicy food and sex scenes, then you will most likely enjoy this book.

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Summary: Like Water For Chocolate
Review: Laura Esquirel's "Like Water for Chocolate" is a beautifully written story of a young Mexican woman's struggles. Tita is severely oppressed by a domineering mother who bars her from true love. The combination of sensuality and the culinary arts allows for an abstract plot that leaves the reader guessing. This novel is not only uplifting but restores faith to any hopeless romantic.

As a student of Mercy High School, I read "Like Water for Chocolate" for my English class. The novel's light plot provided for a fun and enjoyable assignment. I highly recommend this book!

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Summary: Waste of Time
Review: I recently read Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. I didnt like the novel at all. I thought that they wasted 241 pages of valuable paper to print this horrible book. I didnt like it because it had no point. It was boring to read. The chapters didnt connevt to each other at all and the author also didnt do a good job of explaining the time difference between chapters. I also didnt like Pedro, a character in the novel. I think he is a hoorible person. He has no morals or ethics. He makes the book seem like something of Jerry Springer. To anyone who likes boring, no point, horrible books than read Like Water For Chocolate.

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Summary: Fantasy-Reality it's all the same.
Review: The combination of Mexican soul food and magical realism creates a wonderful experience that would touch any person's heart. Tita De La Garza, the main character of the novel, takes the reader on an emotional roller-coaster as she suffers through life with her overly protective an strict mother, and the marriage of her soul mate, Pedro, to her sister. Each chapter begins with a new month, though the time span of the book is throughout her life, and a new recipe that will somehow tie into that chapter. I especially enjoy this book because of how Laura Esquivel gives it a sense of randomness by giving every day happenings a fantasy like twist to them. I highly recommend this book to someone who would want an easy read or just want to add a little spice to their life, with the steamy scenes Esquivel adds between characters. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I did.

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Summary: Something you can curl up with and relax!
Review: "Like Water for Chocolate," is a great book if you love magical realism and romance. A story that provides great recipes and traditions right from a mexican home. Laura Esquivel lets you see life through Tita's eyes, as the youngest in her family and unable to marry. The story never slows down. Discretion is advised, due to short sexual scenes.

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Summary: Stranger than fiction should be
Review: I would have enjoyed Like Water for Chocolate, if it weren't for the magical realism. Unfortunately, strange things occured quite often in this book. What started out as what seemed to be a normal love story grew into a bizarre love-triangle, mixed with sex and food. I also was a little disappointed with the ending; I felt that the main character made a terrible mistake. I would recommend this book for anyone who would like an easy read and enjoys the idea of magical realism, which some might find entertaining, but that I personally do not.

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Summary: a magical twist of fate.
Review: Recently we were assigned the book Like Water for Chocolate, which I would say is an excellent read. Laura Esquivel's Like Water For Chocolate tells the story of Tita De La Garza, the youngest daughter in a family living in Mexico. Through the twelve chapters, each is marked with monthly installments, and features different recipes each month. In each chapter we learn of Tita's struggle to pursue true love and claim her independence. The main episodes of each chapter generally involves the preparation or consumption of the dishes that these recipes yield. In the book, Tita's heart is broken by Pedro, the man she loves, when he is forbidden to marry Tita because she is destined to take care of her mother, but instead Pedro takes her sister's, Rosaura, hand in marriage. He later claims he does it to be close to Tita. They express their love and affection towards each other in secret. Meanwhile, Rosaura and Pedro give birth to two children, one in which dies when they are forced to move away after Mama Elena senses something between Tita and Pedro. After the return of Rosaura and Pedro to the family ranch to mourn Mama Elena's death, Tita's love for Pedro only grows. Though out the book, Tita struggles for independence from her mother's tight grasp on her. She wants to marry and be free, and it is only when a Dr. Brown rescues her does she experience the fire everyone has deep inside. Dr. Brown sets Tita's mind straight and makes her want to love and be loved. The ending to the book takes a wild turn, unexpected to most. This book shows that true love does survive if it is meant to be.

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Summary: Unless you like this genre find another book
Review: Like Water for Chocolate is a very interesting book. It is written in the magical-realism genre but this particular book is more magical than realism. I wouldn't say that I disliked this book but at the same time I didn't really like it either. If you enjoy magical-realism then you should probably try reading this book. It is an easy read and has a fairly good plot but if you aren't into this genre then I would recommend finding another book to read.

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Summary: Fantacy, Reality it's all the same here
Review: The combination of mexican soul food and magical realism creates a wonderful experience that would touch any persons hert. Tita De La Garza, the main character of the novel, takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster as she suffers through life with her overly protective an strict mother, and the marriage of her soul mate, Pedro, to her sister. Each chapter begins with a new month, though the time span of the book is throughout her life, and a new recipe that will somehow tie into that chapter. I especially enjoy this book because of how Laura Esquivel gives it a sence of randomness by giving every day happenings a fantacy like twist to them. I highly recommend this book to someone who would want an easy read or just want to add a little spice to their life, with the steamy scenes Esquivel adds between characters. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I did.