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3.5 stars - I read this book as a pick from the list - Books that are better than the movie and then watched the movie, itself. The book, written in 1999, takes place in a small French village in the early 1960s. Vianne and her daughter, Anouk, arrive on a north wind at the very beginning of Lent and open a chocolatier, or chocolate shop. This immediately causes friction with the church, for whom Lent is a season of denial. But Vianne, is a generous, giving, intuitive woman, who befriends all, a
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Really more like 2.5 stars.
I really wanted to like this book. It was whimsical and just a bit magical, with small-town charm and drama. But what ruined it for me was Vianne herself.
I couldn't help feeling that she was incredibly selfish throughout the novel. Any advice she gives to other characters is the advice that most benefits her. She loves her daughter and knows that she needs stability, but because Vianne is afraid of that, they can't have it. Her romance with Roux (if you can even call ...more
I really wanted to like this book. It was whimsical and just a bit magical, with small-town charm and drama. But what ruined it for me was Vianne herself.
I couldn't help feeling that she was incredibly selfish throughout the novel. Any advice she gives to other characters is the advice that most benefits her. She loves her daughter and knows that she needs stability, but because Vianne is afraid of that, they can't have it. Her romance with Roux (if you can even call ...more
This is one of the few books that I read after watching the movie, and one of the few books I liked more than the movie. The plot line felt like it was drab and distant (compared to the colorful one I remember in the movie). It was about everyone, but mostly about Vianne and her struggles against the church.
That being said, the church, specifically Reynaud, was my favorite part of this book. Ever so often a chapter snuck in from Reynaud's perspective, and it was interesting how he viewed and mis ...more
That being said, the church, specifically Reynaud, was my favorite part of this book. Ever so often a chapter snuck in from Reynaud's perspective, and it was interesting how he viewed and mis ...more
Vianne Rocher and her daughter Anouk move into a small town and open a chocolate shop. They are opposed by the town priest who objects to such decadence being across from the church and that Vianne is unmarried. I liked a lot of the additional characters such as Guillaume and his dog and Armande. I wasn't really gripped by the mystical parts of the story and found it a bit slow going.
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Aug 13, 2009
Erin (NY)
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Sep 10, 2009
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