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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
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