Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
Taste attributes: dramaromancecomedyslowheavyglossyenclosedemotive & stirringfish out of water/culture clashempowerment/personal growthunlikely connections
Boxlist takeEmotional and unhurried: a novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
9 ratings
About This Book
A tantalising novel about the ultimate luxury and sin: that dark mistress, chocolate.Try me...Test me...Taste me.When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud identifies her as a serious danger to his flock – especially as it is the beginning of Lent, the traditional season of self-denial.
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- Author
- Joanne Harris
- Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 320
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- Open Library
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