Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

8 reviews

mags_'s review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Child death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Animal death

charlotteih's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

WOW this book was really fun and entertaining. some bits were maddening, some hilarious, some romantic, and others sad. there was a sense of poetic irony and exaggeration that gives this story the feel of a folktale. the ending was a bit wild, but after letting it simmer (haha) in my mind i’ve come to like it. (this a very food-oriented book, so pls keep that in mind if that is a sensitive topic for you)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Physical abuse

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Rape, Vomit, Confinement, War, and Forced institutionalization

lmagie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Matriarca egoísta y controladora gobierna sobre sus 3 hijas a extremos, con lujo de violencia física y mental.
Tita, la menor, está destinada a cuidar de ella por el resto de su vida. Pero Tita quiere casarse con Pedro.

Creando problemas innecesarios, la matriarca Elena, hace a todos miserables.

El uso de la "magia" con la comida y las emociones es muy interesante.

Es un libro muy entretenido, pero las decisiones de los personajes lo vuelven frustrante en ratos. Me alegra haberlo leído, lo disfruté, pero no lo volvería a leer.

Al no ser una trama completamente linear (muchos recuerdos y flashbacks) es un poco dificil ver el objetivo o la meta de los personajes en un determinado punto.

Los personajes tienen sus fallas, de más incluso. Tal vez faltó verlos más tiempo resaltando sus lados positivos, desarrollando sus personalidades, para así encariñarse con ellos realmente.

El único personaje con el que pude encariñarme fue

John. Honestamente, Tita debió haberlo escogido a él. La trataba bien, tenía su casa, le había dedicado tiempo y paciencia infinita, sin miedo de qué pensaran los demás. Todo lo contrario a Pedro. Pedro era un celoso inmadura y cobarde por el que no valía la pena suicidarse

Casi todos los trigger warnings fueron moderados o menores (se cuentan con metáforas o de paso en una o dos oraciones), excepto la

fatphobia. Tanto y con tanto desprecio que hace pensar si la autora comparte el mismo sentimiento

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Fatphobia, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Gun violence, Child abuse, Infertility, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Racism, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

The more you advance in the book the more TWs escalate

colombian_gothic's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Infertility, Child abuse, Sexual content, Child death, Violence, War, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

buttermellow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

lindseygetsliterary's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, War, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, and Racism

Minor: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Body shaming

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I liked the fairy tale style and the way the recipes were woven into the narrative. Unfortunately, the narrative itself wasn't very good. The main character falls in love with a man with zero good qualities and lusts after him for years because they're forbidden to marry. He treats both her and his wife so badly and they're both so into him. There are two interesting characters and they're both hardly in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, and Violence

rosita's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

It could have been a 4.5 or even a 5. The magical realism was great, the writing even better; still i can't forgive

  that Tita ended up with Pedro instead of John. John was a freaking angel  and Pedro raped her. Rape is never romantic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Racism