The Lollipop Shoes
by Joanne Harris
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Read in April, 2008
Great book! Of course I loved the chocolate on every other page, (especially the description of the chocolaterie on page 326). I also loved the stories and archetypes that Harris wove throughout her story: the Pied Piper, the boy who lost his shadow, the Queen of Hearts. As Vianne tells these stories, they reflect her life and have a lesson she needs to learn. She says of the Queen of Hearts:
She's the wind that blows at the turn of the year. She's the sound of one hand clapping. She's the lump in your mother's breast. She's the absent look in your daughter's eyes. She's the cry of the cat. She's in the confessional. She's hiding inside the black pinata. But most of all she is simply Death; greedy old Mictecacihuatle herself, Santa Muerte, the Eater of Hearts, most terrible of the Kindly Ones--...more
She's the wind that blows at the turn of the year. She's the sound of one hand clapping. She's the lump in your mother's breast. She's the absent look in your daughter's eyes. She's the cry of the cat. She's in the confessional. She's hiding inside the black pinata. But most of all she is simply Death; greedy old Mictecacihuatle herself, Santa Muerte, the Eater of Hearts, most terrible of the Kindly Ones--...more
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Read in December, 2007
The first three or so books I read by Joanne Harris I thought were very good, and I always had her latest releases on my wishlist. But lately, I have found her books moving in a different direction, going just too far beyond the line of enjoyable to weird. After Gentlemen and Players, I decided I wouldn't necessarily read any more - but a friend gave me The Lollipop Shoes as a gift, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
As a sequel to Chocolat (which I didn't know from reading the cover blurb, but...more
As a sequel to Chocolat (which I didn't know from reading the cover blurb, but...more
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Read in May, 2008
I really, really wanted to like this book - I have such fond memories of *Chocolat* (probably because I read a borrowed copy on the plane home from a trip to Paris replete with French chocolates, but still...). I can't help but think that the sequel almost ruins the magic of the first one - it ended so...hopefully, and then *The Girl With No Shadow* happens and undercuts it all.
As a stand-alone book, though (which it very well could be), I'm much happier with it (and if it were a stand-alone...more
As a stand-alone book, though (which it very well could be), I'm much happier with it (and if it were a stand-alone...more
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Read in April, 2008
Sequel to Chocolat, published as The Lollipop Shoes outside of U.S.
Chocolat was full of colors and enchantment that we never really knew the source of. The Girl with No Shadow reveals these right away. This story starts with none of the enchantment and mystery of Chocolat. We are introduced to Zozie who is leaving her previous life. Each chapter comes from the point of view of either Zozie, Vianne, or Anouk. This threw me at first until I realized we had switched characters. Roux returns but...more
Chocolat was full of colors and enchantment that we never really knew the source of. The Girl with No Shadow reveals these right away. This story starts with none of the enchantment and mystery of Chocolat. We are introduced to Zozie who is leaving her previous life. Each chapter comes from the point of view of either Zozie, Vianne, or Anouk. This threw me at first until I realized we had switched characters. Roux returns but...more
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Read in July, 2008
I was warned before I started reading The Lollipop Shoes that this was a darker novel than Chocolat, but just as good. And I agree in part - it was definitely darker, but didn't quite equal Chocolat. But then I didn't believe it ever would.
For the first half of the book I was disappointed. Disappointed with the characterisation of Yanne - I missed Vianne's vitality and magic and hated seeing her reflected in Zozie. Dissapointed with the changes in Anouk and her growing contempt towards her m...more
For the first half of the book I was disappointed. Disappointed with the characterisation of Yanne - I missed Vianne's vitality and magic and hated seeing her reflected in Zozie. Dissapointed with the changes in Anouk and her growing contempt towards her m...more
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Read in May, 2008
Well that's confusing. In the US, this book is called The Girl with No Shadow. Apparently they don't have it listed as such on Goodreads!
I liked this book, I did. I thought it tied in well to Harris' recent young adult novel, Runemarks<b>. Much of the same magic is used in <b>No Shadow.
At times I get a little tired of the narrator coyly addressing the reader, you know what that's like, right? You feel like the narrator thinks she can read your mind? I kno...more
I liked this book, I did. I thought it tied in well to Harris' recent young adult novel, Runemarks<b>. Much of the same magic is used in <b>No Shadow.
At times I get a little tired of the narrator coyly addressing the reader, you know what that's like, right? You feel like the narrator thinks she can read your mind? I kno...more
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Read in January, 2008
This Book is Titled The Girl With No Shadow on this side of the pond.
Finished this enjoyable read last week. I think that I enjoyed it just as much as "Chocolat". I had lent this book to a friend to read before me and her comment was that it felt like it was set in the wrong time period and that she was not sure that she liked the dark tone of this sequel.
I would agree that "The Lollipop Shoes", definately had a much darker tone then "Chocolat", but it ...more
Finished this enjoyable read last week. I think that I enjoyed it just as much as "Chocolat". I had lent this book to a friend to read before me and her comment was that it felt like it was set in the wrong time period and that she was not sure that she liked the dark tone of this sequel.
I would agree that "The Lollipop Shoes", definately had a much darker tone then "Chocolat", but it ...more
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Read in June, 2008
The back cover told me this was a sequel to Chocolat . . . so I expected it to carry on from there, but it doesn't! It took me a while to get into it as there are 3 narrators, including a new person, and it jumps around between the three of them, viewing the story from each of their sides. Once I got into it, I found it gripping - because I wanted to find out what was going to happen! I won't spoil it for you by saying what happens, but you feel trapped before the tornado which is coming - y...more
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Read in May, 2008
Pure yumminess in book form. At first I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy the alternating first-person narrators, but once I'd separated their voices (which was pretty easy to do), I really liked it. I kept thinking that I must've forgotten a lot from the previous book, because there were references that kept being made that I couldn't remember, but then all of that cleared up about 2/3 through the novel. So you'll have to be somewhat patient.
Aside from those little quibbles, this was perfect...more
Aside from those little quibbles, this was perfect...more
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Read in July, 2007
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Having read Joanne Harris' best selling 'Chocolat' a few years ago and 'Sleep Pale Sister' by the same author I thought I'd try the 'Lollipop Shoes'.
I found it magical, compelling and thoroughly absorbing, a real page turner. I particularly loved the description, the imagery and the glamours.
Ruthless, seductive and intriguing, identity thief Zozie de l'Alba blows into the lives of Vianne and her daughter Anouk as they live peacefully on the cobbled streets of Montmartre. I read befor...more
I found it magical, compelling and thoroughly absorbing, a real page turner. I particularly loved the description, the imagery and the glamours.
Ruthless, seductive and intriguing, identity thief Zozie de l'Alba blows into the lives of Vianne and her daughter Anouk as they live peacefully on the cobbled streets of Montmartre. I read befor...more
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
those who have read or seen Chocolat and would like to believe in magic for a while again
I read this book suntanning next to the pool this weekend. It proved to be the ideal holiday read. It took me a few pages to familiarise myself with the characters from Chocolat, but I got back into it soon enough. This book picks up a few years after Chocolat and the focus this time is Vianne's daughter, Anouk and her struggles to "fit in" at school and to express herself as an individual. I guess the whole book is about individuality, expressed through the eyes of the various cha...more
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Read in February, 2008
really enjoyed this sequel to Chocolate, infact dare I suggest I preferred it. It is not my favourite Joanne Harris novel (that would Five quarters of the orange) and it is possibly a little longer than it needed to be, however it is very readable and towards the end quite unputdownable. The occult - which is only hinted at in Chocolate - features strongly, as does aztec magic. It is altogether a much darker novel, although it retains a fairly light touch. As this novel opens we find Vianne Roc...more
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Read in December, 2007
I just loved this book. A few of my fellow reading group members at the local library said that it was not as good as the earlier 'Chocolat' but I would disagree. I found this to be an equally enchanting novel and plan to buy my own copy.
The magical aspects that were quite subtle in 'Chocolat' come much more to the fore in this continuation of Vianne and her daughters. With Zozie de l’Alba, Harris has created a wonderful villianness to rival the likes of Cruella d'Ville. She exerts a fasci...more
The magical aspects that were quite subtle in 'Chocolat' come much more to the fore in this continuation of Vianne and her daughters. With Zozie de l’Alba, Harris has created a wonderful villianness to rival the likes of Cruella d'Ville. She exerts a fasci...more
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Read in July, 2008
Maybe I've just become more aware of the pervasiveness and, often, destructiveness of magical thinking. The Girl With no Shadow is the sequel to Chocolat, a novel that I liked very much. This time around I was equal parts bored and annoyed. In Chocolat the magic of Vianne Rocher was turned against the hypocrisy and venality of the local priest, and so could be taken as nature and naturalism against the absurd metaphysical claims of religion. But in the sequel it is witch v. ...more
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Read in January, 2008
Like a massive binge on high-grade chocolate, Joanne Harris' long-awaited sequel to Chocolat is appetizing, decadent & addictive -- lots of nuanced color & flavor; easy to pick up & hard to put down; & when you've finally finished gorging yourself, you have the feeling that you haven't just eaten the most nutritious meal possible, but so what!
In The Girl With No Shadow, we catch up with Vienne & Co. a few years down the road ... and right about at the same time as the Win...more
In The Girl With No Shadow, we catch up with Vienne & Co. a few years down the road ... and right about at the same time as the Win...more
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Read in April, 2008
As always Joanne Harris weaves a tale that draws the reader in and is almost impossible to put down. However, like other readers have mentioned, I found the time period the story was set, awkward. When reading Chocolate, I never had the sense that the story was taking place in the present. Cell phones and the internet in a sequel that was supposed to take place 4 years after Chocolate, just didn't seem right and I didn't like it.
Really a great story if you block out the fact that it is suppo...more
Really a great story if you block out the fact that it is suppo...more
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Read in June, 2008
If you liked the book Chocolat, you'll like this book. This is the continuing story of Vianne Rocher and her daughter, Anouk. This book is well written, and has a compelling story. I would recommend that you read Chocolat before reading this book as this book references several of the characters and events in Chocolat. There are a couple of f-bombs in the book, (is this word ever necessary) but other than that the language is not offensive (no other swear words). Overall, a good story and an...more
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Read in January, 2008
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A wonderful, magical, mystical tour of chocolate and Mountmatre, of prejudice and lies and the fear of being who we truly are. A worthy sequel to Choclat, which makes me want to re-read said book. And a wonderful re-appearance of Roux.
Harris language makes you smell and taste the surroundings she describes, to love and hate the characters in equal measure, to empathise with their human foibles and to weep at the way magic is lost from our lives.
Read it. I demand of you :)
Harris language makes you smell and taste the surroundings she describes, to love and hate the characters in equal measure, to empathise with their human foibles and to weep at the way magic is lost from our lives.
Read it. I demand of you :)
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Read in May, 2008
I couldn't quite match up the mood of this novel with Chocolat...I don't remember if the movie was different than the book, but the ending of Chocolat promises good things...and the plot in this sequel seemed at odds with what I think should have happened after Chocolat.
Also, I didn't like reading from Zozi's point of view. This book was much more witchy and supernatural, but there were some good elements.
Also, I didn't like reading from Zozi's point of view. This book was much more witchy and supernatural, but there were some good elements.
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Read in March, 2008
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Any one who read Chocolat
This book was awesome.
Like any good sequel, this book stands alone with its own story, but answers almost all the questions of the old.
It is a little darker than Chocolat. At times it gave me chills, so I would put it down and walk away from it for an hours or so. But I was always called back--"Try me. Taste me. Test me."
This book will be a best seller in its own right.
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Like any good sequel, this book stands alone with its own story, but answers almost all the questions of the old.
It is a little darker than Chocolat. At times it gave me chills, so I would put it down and walk away from it for an hours or so. But I was always called back--"Try me. Taste me. Test me."
This book will be a best seller in its own right.
"Read an ARE"
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