Reviews tagging 'Death'

Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel

32 reviews

cassielaj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

This story is so fascinating. I love the inclusion of recipes and the matter-of-fact approach to the supernatural and magical elements. At its heart, this is a story of love and family, of a woman who wanted more for herself than what her family traditions dictated, and of the power of a good (or bad) meal. You won’t read anything else like it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

yellow_star's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I know this is a classic, but I hated it. The whole basis was all these miserable awful people made rules to guarantee their children would also be miserable awful people. 

I hate the mother, Rausita, Pedro, and Tita. The only characters who deserved a good happy ending were the babies who became a happy couple and ended the cycle of suffering and abusing the kids, and John who was a good man and much better than the highschool boyfriend who dumped his lover when it was slightly inconvenient to date her. Tita starts out good, but because of her bitterness she starts doing bad things too, and she betrays John repeatedly even though he's the only man who actually treated her well.

I guess I should be happy that this has a happy-ish ending considering it's a soap opera, but I'm not happy with it.

The recipes are good and worth saving though.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Death

karol99's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Hard for me to complete it because I read it in Spanish, but once I got the hang of it I really enjoyed it. It always surprised me and had me engaged in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Physical abuse

internationalreads's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

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

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

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, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

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

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

sofipitch's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was really enchanting. I'm obsessed with the format, people joke about how online recipes will have long life stories no one wants to read but Sra Esquirel actually did an amazing book in that format. Also I would never have expected something from 89 to be so sex positive, it was extremely refreshing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Infidelity

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, and War

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

This book was really good! I wasn't a fan of the recipes included inside it, but other than that it was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

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

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

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

eunoia11's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, and Death of parent