میتونم بگم بهترین کتابی بود که امسال خوندم. این کتاب که به زندگی زن ها مربوط بود تو هر بخشش به قشنگترین نحو ممکن یه دستور آشپزی ام تلفیق شده بود. جوری که دلم میخاد دونه دونه موادی که برای تهیه غذا میگفت رو ببلعم تا زودتر برسم به اصل داستان. اما داستان درباره زندگی زنان بود و طبعا ظلمی که بهشون میشه. البته اگه قرار باشه با زندگی زن ها تو ایران مقایسه بشه، خیلی ام خوب و انسانی بودن ولی خب قصد مقایسه ندارم. خلاصه روابط خیلی جالب و قشنگی تو این کتاب شکل گرفته و فوق العاده کشش دار هست. فک میکنم هر کتاب خونی از خوندن این کتاب لذت ببره.

The only good thing in this book was John!!! I loved him so much and lost all respect for Tita when she chose that man-whore Pedro over him. I respect Gertrudis too but man, Tita went so far down hill when she decided that Pedro, who only seems to show affection when he damn well pleases, was a better man than John, who is kind to everyone including the man-whore. Basically the message of this book is that sensual passion is apparently greater than true affection. Basically it doesn't matter if you respect women just as long as your good in bed Tita will take you. Ughh this book, in the beginning I thought it was ok, the middle was great because Tita was happy again and John was such a nice caring person, but the ending Oh my that ending. The ending is pretty much the stupidest ending I have come across in a really long time and trust me i have read a lot of terrible books in my time, but this takes the cake, (erotic cake pun intended).

Lo he leído tantas veces que he perdido la cuenta, es simplemente mágico. Una historia de amor que no puedes dejar pasar, y que te dará mucha hambre de México y de amor. Un triunfo de la literatura mexicana.

4 años después ese final es aun peor.

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Ese final fue muy decepcionante.

این از اون کتابهایی بود که نمیخوندی، میچشیدی! همونطور که نویسنده هدفش بوده.
وقتی میشه کتاب رو در قالب نامه یا دفترچه خاطرات نوشت، چرا اونو بصورت یه کتاب آشپزی ننویسیم؟
تیتا آخرین دختر از سه خواهره. توی آغوش گرم خدمتکار و آشپز خانواده، ناچا، توی آشپزخونه بین دیگ و بخار و ادویه ها رشد کرده. طبق رسومات خانواده‌های سنتی مکزیکی، آخرین دختر خانواده هیچ وقت شوهر نمیکنه و تا لحظه‌ی مرگ از والدینش مراقبت میکنه. تیتا هم قربانی همین رسم بوده و مادرش اجازه نمیده که تیتا و عشقش پدرو به هم برسند.
این حرف چیز جدیدی نیست، توی خانواده‌های ایرانی هم زیاد شنیدیم که به خواستگار پیشنهاد میکنن که دختر بزرگتر رو بگیره

خيلى ازش لذت بردم، فضاى داستاناى كودكيم رو داشت، مادر ظالم، دختر مظلوم، جادو ....در كنار داستان اصلى خيلى چيزاى ديگه رو هم ياد ميداد

10 years ago I would have thought so differently about this than I do now. Mama Elena is one of the most monstrous, villainous characters I have ever met. Our main character is Tita, the youngest daughter in her family. The evil family tradition is that the youngest child will not get married or have a life of her own, she will take care of the aging mother.

Tita is the youngest and she falls in love with Pedro. They are electric together - passion. Tita also cooks. Each chapter is a recipe for food that is part of the story. Tita is not allowed to marry since she is youngest and so Pedro, being a coward, will marry her older sister to spend time with Tita. Pretty sick logic. Rosario, the older sister, thinks this is ok too.

Mama Elena is a monster. She does everything she can to harm her youngest daughter and keep her from a real life. She is blunt and vicious. Any bit of happiness outside of the kitchen Tita has, her mom is trying to stop her. It gets so bad that Tita's nephew dies and she is sad and Mama Elena tells her to get on with her work. Tita confronts her mother and they blow up. Tita is sent to live in the cornloft where she goes crazy. Her mother, who has ruined her life, would rather send her to an asylum than help her. Vicious.

Tita her meets a doctor named John who is kind and caring and Tita feels safe and at peace. He is a good, no a great man. Tita is happy and wants to marry. He does not take Tita to the asylum. Tita is going to marry John. Well, Pedro, who was sent away, is back to mess up the wedding plans and confuse Tita.

SPOILER!!!


I didn't like the ending. Tita, after years of waiting for Pedro ends up with Pedro. It's supposed to be this romantic thing. She was at peace and happy with John. She should have chosen John. That passion she felt was fleeting and he wasn't a man enough to just ask for what he wanted. They waited for the sister to die. Tita waits 22 years for her love instead of building a good life with John and having her own children. Ugh. This story was terrible that way.

Mama Elena one of the most evil, monstrous characters I have read. Terrible. Oh, she comes back as a ghost to haunt Tita. She is horrible and would rather see her child suffer than be happy. She is evil. She also has a middle daughter who becomes a whore and the mother burns her birth certificate and declares her dead. She becomes a general and makes something of herself. Rosario wants to raise her only daughter in this tradition also and Tita will have none of it. None. What an evil tradition.

I thought this was very well written and great characterizations. The part with the food made me hungry and you could smell it. Laura had wonderful insights into life and her words are well chosen and beautiful. It's the ending. I hated the ending.

In my 20s, I probably would have thought this was a great ending, but now, I feel what a waste. I know she loved Pedro, but Pedro chose to marry her sister. He was a coward. She found someone that made her happy and he was willing to over look their affair even. Who knows, if she had bedded John, maybe she would have found a great passion in this man who saved her. Pedro left her in her prison. John freed her and let her be happy for once. A happy ending would have been marrying John. This was a tragic ending and it is a tragic sad story. Very very sad. Tita made a choice. Oh well.

ربما كان فيها سحر خفي ولكنه مع الأسف كان خفي عني أيضا فمنذ بدأت قراءتها وأنا أنتظر أن أري أي لمحة سحرية و لكن لم أجد إلا قليلا فجاء الملل حليف الرواية منذ البدايات وانتظرت لتغيير الدفة نحو السحر والمتعة ولكني تعثرت في الكثير من الملل فجاء سحرها ناقصا غير مشبع للحواس والخيال إلا قليلا جدا ولهذا استحقت نجمتين فقط.

I love how this book just oozes with food and sex. Esquivel does a masterful job of combining the art of good cooking, with the art of raw, passionate sex, and I liked it. I liked it a lot.

I bought this rather short read a few years back, and now I've finally read it, it does beg the question, why have I only just got to it now? Well, the answer to that is simple. There are vast amounts of unread books in every nook and cranny in my home, and Like Water for Chocolate, admittedly got forgotten about.

I liked the characters, and I felt for all of them, in their difficult situations, although, I thought Pedro was a bit of a coward. John was the better man! I loved the recipes at the beginning of each chapter. It really worked for me, and to be honest, I don't think I've ever got through so much food while reading!

This book was just sizzling with tempting smells and was steaming with orgasmic passion. What a wonderful ride.

Tita tu amor más grande no debió ser Pedro, merecías lo mejor del mundo y el no lo era.

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رواية عجيبة كالزمن الذى كان عدد فصولها مثله تماما من يناير و حتى ديسمبر و فى كل شهر فصل من فصول الحكاية و طبخه من طبخات الزمن
لا أعلم ان كان هناك ثمة تشابه فى اللغة المكسيكية بين القدر بجر القاف و القدر بفتحها الا ان المزج بينهما يبدو و كأنه هو عين الحقيقة طوال أحداث الرواية
لم اتفاعل مع القصة الا بعد حوالى ربعها و حينها لم استطيع تركها الا كما نترك طبق شهى فلا يتبق منه شىء الا المذاق الطيب و الشعور بالإمتلاء و الرغبة فى تكرار التجربة

بدون اینکه متوجه باشم از اول پائیز تا الان،یعنی حدود ۵ ماه ، توی یه ریدینگ اسلامپ بودم و وقتی این کتاب برام جذاب بود و سخت بود زمین بذارمش تازه فهمیدم که این چند وقت چقدر کم خوندم!
ایده داستان خیلی نو بود، تلفیق آشپزی با زندگی پر از درد یه دختر مکزیکی به اسم تیتا. به عنوان کسی که هم از آشپزی و غذا لذت می‌بره و هم از داستان، این کتاب دوسر برد بود. البته اگه میخواستی ازش ایراد بگیری و دقیق بشی کلی کم و کاست داشت، قضیه عشق آتشین در نگاه اول و اینا که من درکش نمیکنم و رئالیسم جادویی که خوب توی داستان ننشسته‌ بود، ولی شخصیت ها و فضا انقدر خوب پرداخته شده بودند که واقعا توی داستان غرق میشدم و متوجه گذشت زمان نمی‌شدم.
یه چیز خیلی خوبی که درباره ترجمه فارسی وجود داشت سانسور خیلی کمش بود که باتوجه به اروتیک بودن فضا قابل قبول بود.
و فیلمش! فیلم واقعا خوش‌ساختی بود و خیلی به کتاب وفادار بود که باعث میشد دیدنش بلافاصله بعد از خوندن کتاب لذت مضاعف داشته باشه.
یه سری نقاشی هم درباره‌ی کتاب پیدا کردم که بنظرم قشنگ بودن :



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