Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

2 reviews

kaiaconstantinides's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I loved how the food was affected and affected others based on Tita's emotions or their relationship with Tita (e.g., Mama Elena finding food prepared with Tita's care bitter). In general, I appreciated the novelty (novelty for me at least, I'm not sure if other books out there do this as well) of having each chapter centered around a recipe that is interwoven with the story. I mostly enjoyed the first half of the book. 

I was confused by the decision to make each chapter a month since years sometimes separate chapters and the months don't seem to correspond to the chapter, unless perhaps each recipe corresponds to a month and I just missed that? I really wish there was better character development: the characters felt almost cartoonishly two-dimensional to me, and any development seemed to happen like the switch of a lightbulb.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

calais_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

I- what did I just consume? What am I suppose to say? #Tedro

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Animal death