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Summary: Magical Realism
Review: What a wonderful way to write a novel! Laura Esquivel uses a literary technique unfamiliar to most average readers. She takes the reader on a mystical tour of imagination beyond the realm of ordinary literary fiction. Using recipes that relate life experience and potions that turn that experience into a brilliance of human compassion and love, Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate" is a masterpiece!
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Summary: good
Review: This first novel for the screenwriter Laura Esquirel tells of the hardships of the mexican revolution through the repressed Tita, the youngest daughter to a cruel mother and an unusual tradition. The story kept my interest, both novel and film versions, and is just about the perfect size for a book, roughly 250 pages. From a male perspective, I was a bit uninterested in the love tibulations and entangled complications between the two secret lovers. Just run off together! Overall, however, this a story that can be enjoyed by anybody, despite ... and cultural background. I recommend this as well as other novel of the Latin genre, by far, the most interesting literature in the world.
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Summary: "Like Water For Chocolate"
Review: I read "Like Water For Chocolate" for a book report in school and really liked it. It is about a mexican girl, named Tita, and her family who lived in Mexico. In the begining of the book Tita fell in love with a young man named Pedro. The only problem was Tita's mother did not want her to get married because the tradition back then in Mexico was the youngest daughter would never marry or have children,k but take care of their mother until she died. Tita didn't like this tradition and wanted to marry Pedro. In order to be close to Tita Pedro married her older sister Rosura. Tita didn't understand at first, but then Pedro explained it to her. Pedro has two children with Rosura and moves to Texas. This pluse her abusive mother drove Tita to insanity. Her mother sent her to live with Docter John who took care of her and made her better. They fell in love and wanted to live together forever. Although there was an acident at the farm and Tita returned with John to help her mother and friends. There she met up with Pedro again and had a problem of who she wanted to be with and love.
Tita was a great cook and main cook of her familie's farm. she had learned from the woman who raised her when she was younge. Tita was a younge girl when the book started and probably around fourty when it ended. she lived in Mexico with her family. They were pretty well off and had no men in charge (her father died after she was born). The book never said when this book took place or exactly were.
This book is a romance book. The author, Laura Esquivel did great writing this book. She described things very well and made the book interesting. I think this book would be good for adults and maybe teens to read. I think this because Laura describes nudity well.
Over all I did like this book. I didn't think the discription of nudity was nice to read. Other than that I could not set the book down and read it in one day. it was great at the end wondering who Tita would choose so I suggest you get this book if you want to know who she chose and more that I left out.
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Summary: The best book I've ever read!!!
Review: I have read many books, but none of them come to being as good as this one. I can honestly say that Like Water for Chocolate is worthy of praise because it stands alone. It is a unique, romantic, magical, entertaining, passionate story. It is the only reason for why I even read books at all. If there are any more books like this one, I'd definately be the first one to read it!I highly recommend this book to everyone who is like me and likes reading romantic, magical, mysterious books. It would make a great Christmas gift too! Though I am not sure men would enjoy this book as much as women would. There is also a movie out there for this book. And if you like this book, I know for a fact that you will also enjoy watching the movie. If u're thinking about reading any book at all, you have to read this one!
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Summary: brainless and simple
Review: it seems to me that the autor is trying to copy marquez's brilliant style, trying to write a visionary story about love and life. but it takes more talent, more phantasy, more ingenuity and much more vocabulary than maybe the 500 words used in this book to achieve this. sorry, but i cannot agree with all the other reviews, except maybe the recepies, this book is completely useless, simple and brainless.
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Summary: amusing, syrupy, sweet
Review: Although far from being deep, this amusing little story is part tall-tale, part harlequin romance, part recipe book. There are 12 chapters, each one a "monthly installment" (the book's story does not follow the monthly pacing; it's written like a magazine serial), each month featuring a different Mexican recipe around which the whole chapter circulates. I found it to be an ingenius way to format a story, although it does arouse the appetite while reading! Be prepared to spend some time in the kitchen...
The story itself centers on Tita, the youngest daughter doomed never to be allowed to marry, and on her many suitors, and the aphrodisiatic food she prepares. It is humorous, very far-fetched, over-the-top romantic sillyness...and yet still cute and warm-hearted.
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Summary: Like Water for Chocolate
Review: Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel is delicious and fascinating story. Some of the older Mexican traditions are considered cruel set the boundaries for what the youngest daughter can do with her life. Tita the daughter of Mama Elena had a great in her cooking because she expressed how she felt in her cooking. The author expresses greatly how a tradition kept two people apart however, in the end the tradition was destroyed.
The absurd Mexican tradition says youngest daughter cannot marry but instead she will have to stay home and take care of her mother until death. Mama Elena's cruel and strict mother did not exclude her daughter Tita from his tradition. However, Tita and Pedro express their love to each other in most unusual way. Tita would cook fabulous food and Pedro complement on and on her delicious food. After 22 years, the abhorred Mexican tradition came to stop and love found it's meaning of life.
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Summary: Romantic, Racy Book
Review: I enjoyed the book--a bit sexually explicit and racy, though.
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Summary: Magical Mystery Tour!
Review: This is absolutely the most magical novel I have ever read. I highly recommend it for anyone who wishes to escape to a never never land of romance.
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Summary: food and thought for the soul
Review: This book was an increadibe, beautiful peice of magical realism. Using recipes that began and flowed throughout; were a really creative way to tell the stories. It used food as a guide to different times and elements of the wonderful story. The story was filled with beautifully animated and well potrayed charecters I enjoyed all of them so much. This book is a lesson in living, loving, history, cooking, culture and so much more. The way the author wrote it was inspiring and increadible. I felt so lucky to come across such an amazing peice of literature! The exageration and magical elements she mixed in were fantastic. I would reccomend this book to EVERYONE book lovers and thoes who dispise reading. It will really open up your world. It's a romantic, moving, soulful, spicy peice that should delight every spirit regaurdless of who you are!
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