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I realize this book is a fairy tale and the standards have to be a little different. I am obviously not the audience that this book was intended for and the audience that was captivated by it. I did not believe the plot or the setting. If there had been a little more magic, I might have bought it. It seemed to me to be a collection of cliches from other stories. As the author had actually lived in France, I hoped for a little more realism. I've read about the anti-Catholic bias in film and books and generally dismissed it as over reaction, but I thought this book had an offesively clear anti-Catholic bias. The men don't come out very well either.
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It was a nice story, I really liked the movie. The descriptions of the chocolate were scrumptious, and the characters were well done. But I don't see myself reading this one again.
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This book was a nice read and a nice story. I love the characters. I saw the movie before reading this book and I must say that this is one of the few times where the movie was ALOT better than the book. On the whole though a bit disappointing :(
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This is the kind of book that is so magical, so quietly excellent that it leaves you daydreaming about it for days after you finish it. Sometimes you need a book like that, one that carries you away to an interesting place, where bad things may happen, but where the author treats you, the reader, gently. This is the book that will fill that need, and send you floating off to the kitchen to bake the most superb thing you've ever created --without even looking at a recipe.
I confess I am biased about Chocolat. I read this book while undergoing chemotherapy for BC. I was in the middle of the treatments and the drugs left me with a persistent metallic taste in my mouth which no flavor could penetrate. After three months of tasting nothing by metal, I confess I was feeling a bit low. And then, my darling Joanne Harris saved me with her quietly wonderful book. I read it, nibbling on a chocolate bar of the best quality I could find. (Lake Champlain Chocolates, Dark!) I didn't taste the chocolate of course, but my spirit didn't need it, as the book and it buoyed me enough.
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At the very least, that is what the priest thinks of the new businesswoman. The lady and her daughter have moved in to his small town to corrupt his parishioners with the lure of all types, shapes, sizes, and smells of chocolates. Evil has to be stopped. So, the priest marches willfully on a campaign to fight the devil in disguise. The story is written beautifully in a sing-song style of English with a tinge of French here and there. Vianne, the so-called witch, is skilful in the kitchen. Baking, cooking, and chocolate-making become an art especially when they are expressed brilliantly by the author. Vianne is also an adept entrepreneur. She befriends the townsfolk and turns the place upside-down. The only thing that is bothersome in the narration is that it always seems that Vianne knows stuff as if she can read minds and her surroundings too well for her own good. Her intuitions appear to be actively accurate. It is her story after all but after a few similar scenes it gets to be tiring. But, the entrancing style of storytelling comes to the rescue. The book is worth reading for the captivating delivery of a tale full of various types of characters and a lot of hope. It is quite different from the movie although the basic storyline is akin.
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