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charlotteih's review
- 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
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
colombian_gothic's review against another edition
- 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
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
aqulia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Infidelity
Minor: War, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Racism, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence
lindseygetsliterary's review
- 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
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
allyriadayne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Gertrudis lanzó una plegaria en silencia y con los ojos cerrados, pidiendo que Tita viviera muchos años más cocinando las recetas de la familia. Ni ella ni Rosaura tenían los conocimientos para hacerlos, por lo tanto el día que Tita muriera moriría junto a ella el pasado de su familia.
El mérito de la novela yace en lo evocativo de su lenguaje. El encuadre narrativo de las recetas tradicionales que hacen aparecer las historias de dolor y pasión de la familia es una forma original de dar a entender que la comida no es solo comida, ni nutrición, sino que se trata de un elemento intrínseco en la cultura. Unión, sabor, historia y familia. Fuera de esto, la novela cae plana en su romance central y por ende, la fuerza motivadora del personaje principal, Tita. No logré empatizar.
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Child abuse
Minor: Rape and Violence
sarah984's review against another edition
- 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
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