Gina's review
Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
Gina's review
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Gina's review
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2008
Like most people I saw the movie first and then found out that it was an adaptation from a book, like most good movies are, and I quickly picked it up and devoured it...like chocolate you might say. With very few exceptions, the book is always better than the movie. You find that everyone has secrets, and that a small shop facing an oppressively massive church can succeed. A newcomer can be a catalyst of change, especially one who is a free-thinking, independent woman with a child whose father is unknown. Everything a small religious town frowns upon. I loved how the author never directly said anything aloud, so to speak. Glimpses and indirect, unfinished sentences made you slowly realize the point to be made. I admire the lead character, Vianne, in her unfailing belief and understanding. She does have her doubts, which makes her seem all the more rounded, but always manages to rally herself and believe in the goodness of people. The one instance I love the most about this book is that...more
