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  • Prima di tutto, non azzardatevi a leggere questo libro senza avere a portata di mano del cioccolato: potrebbe portarvi alla morte :P

    Il libro è davvero bello, con un tocco di magia, un po' d'amore, tanta amicizia e una marea di cioccolato ;)
    Fa riflettere in molti punti, soprattutto affro ... Continue

    Prima di tutto, non azzardatevi a leggere questo libro senza avere a portata di mano del cioccolato: potrebbe portarvi alla morte :P

    Il libro è davvero bello, con un tocco di magia, un po' d'amore, tanta amicizia e una marea di cioccolato ;)
    Fa riflettere in molti punti, soprattutto affronta in maniera sfacciata l'ipocrisia, cosa che dovremmo fare tutti ogni giorno...
    I personaggi sono caratterizzati benissimo, anche quelli "cattivi", e quindi si entra subito nel ritmo del racconto, immaginando i volti, le voci, i profumi. Davvero bello.

    

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• ― Lizzyblack said on Feb 9, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Bravissima Joanne Harris a raccontare questa storia dai toni fiabeschi e dall'aroma di cioccolato. Nel frattempo, mentre ci godiamo il piacevolissimo romanzo, l'autrice propone una riflessione sempre attuale sulla diversità e sul conformismo: la fuga è l'unica alternativa all'esclusione o ci si può ... Continue

    Bravissima Joanne Harris a raccontare questa storia dai toni fiabeschi e dall'aroma di cioccolato. Nel frattempo, mentre ci godiamo il piacevolissimo romanzo, l'autrice propone una riflessione sempre attuale sulla diversità e sul conformismo: la fuga è l'unica alternativa all'esclusione o ci si può venire incontro, rinunciando all'ipocrisia?

    

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  • I really enjoyed this book, I started to watch the film once but couldn't get into it. The book is so much more.
    The characters are wonderfully written and you feel as though you really do know them.
    The story revolves around a woman and her daughter who are always on the move, looking for ... Continue

    I really enjoyed this book, I started to watch the film once but couldn't get into it. The book is so much more.
    The characters are wonderfully written and you feel as though you really do know them.
    The story revolves around a woman and her daughter who are always on the move, looking for people who need their help. The story focuses on one place she stops at, and the people within the village and how they accept her and reject her.
    A very interesting thought provoking read.

    

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• ― Amz310783 said on Mar 12, 2009 about the Others edition| Add your feedback

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  • There are so many stereotypes in this book that I wouldn't know where to start from. A book where the characters have been neatly split into heavenly creatures and bastards. The only saving grace is the front cover, inviting, but ultimately misleading.

    

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• ― Dylaniata said on Nov 9, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Before reading The Lollipop Shoes in which Vianne Rocher returns, I decided to revisit Lasquenet during Lent and rediscover all those wonderful characters.
    Vianne and her daughter Anouk, mysterious strangers arrive in the village and open a chocolate shop which immediately begins to have a stra ... Continue

    Before reading The Lollipop Shoes in which Vianne Rocher returns, I decided to revisit Lasquenet during Lent and rediscover all those wonderful characters.
    Vianne and her daughter Anouk, mysterious strangers arrive in the village and open a chocolate shop which immediately begins to have a strange but generally good effect on the inhabitants. However the bigoted village priest Father Reynaud thinks she is there to turn his flock against their catholic religion. 'Church not Chocolate' is the true message of Easter according to some of the villagers. However there is also an element amongst the residents that just love Chocolate as I do myself! Around this theme we are told the stories of various villagers, amongst my favourites are Guillaume Duplessis who lives for his dog ‘Charly’ and Armande Voizin a spirited local matriarch who does not intend to let failing health spoil her life.

    Something I rarely do is read a book more than once unless studying it, as my thoughts are that there are too many books I want to read and too little time to do so! Surprisingly though I enjoyed it just as much on this second reading. Joanne Harris writes very descriptively and you can almost taste the chocolates and imagine yourself in the French countryside she describes. The trouble is having now seen the film I do tend to picture scenes from it rather than forming my own pictures in my mind. This is why I always prefer to read the book first, if it is made into a film and use my own imagination!

    

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• ― Lindyloumac said on Sep 7, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • Have you ever wondered how to compromise eating chocolat and stay slim? A bit of magic (yes,yes no way without it!;-), a bundle of friends and a dogged enemy.

    

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• ― Arabeska said on Aug 4, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

Just a few days before Lent, a flamboyant woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French town and create a stir with their seemingly magical sweet-treat remedies for life's problems. The cover of this official movie tie-in edition will feature art from "Chocolat", a major motion picture coming from Miramax and starring Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, and Lena Olin. [예스24 제공]

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