Amy 
historical fiction, fantasy
I just don’t get it. I must not be in the right mood for
Like Water for Chocolate. Laura Esquivel’s writing is clunky (sort of folklore-ish)
and the story is disturbing and full of grief and frustration. While it probably strives to be a fable with
the moral of the story being to follow your heart, instead I see the morals
being: don’t be such a selfish, terrible, controlling mother, don’t let your
mother destroy your life, don’t marry your sister’s beloved, don’t marry your
beloved’s sister, and don’t put up with so much crap from other people that
your life has no meaning of its own. I
mean, what’s to like about this story?
Sure, it’s quirky with the recipes but those recipes provided nothing of
interest to me. I skimmed right over
them. They didn’t add to the story and it was gimmicky to me. If there is some magical cleverness with the
writing style, it went, unappreciated, right over my head. Besides, I hate
cooking.
I probably wouldn’t have finished except that it was a short
book and I kept hoping I would start liking it.
Instead, I am left shaking my head and angry at myself to sticking with
it to the end.
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