Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

11 reviews

lizzym126's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Racism

dylando349's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Vomit, Violence, Rape, Death, Mental illness, and Excrement

dhritigupta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

first of all tita is such a cancer queen <3 a wild and fun ride!! i loved the format and the way food was woven into the story. didn’t love the ending, tita always deserved better than pedro 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Vomit

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, and Child abuse

charlotteih's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

WOW this book was really fun and entertaining. some bits were maddening, some hilarious, some romantic, and others sad. there was a sense of poetic irony and exaggeration that gives this story the feel of a folktale. the ending was a bit wild, but after letting it simmer (haha) in my mind i’ve come to like it. (this a very food-oriented book, so pls keep that in mind if that is a sensitive topic for you)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Physical abuse

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Rape, Vomit, Confinement, War, and Forced institutionalization

lmagie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Matriarca egoísta y controladora gobierna sobre sus 3 hijas a extremos, con lujo de violencia física y mental.
Tita, la menor, está destinada a cuidar de ella por el resto de su vida. Pero Tita quiere casarse con Pedro.

Creando problemas innecesarios, la matriarca Elena, hace a todos miserables.

El uso de la "magia" con la comida y las emociones es muy interesante.

Es un libro muy entretenido, pero las decisiones de los personajes lo vuelven frustrante en ratos. Me alegra haberlo leído, lo disfruté, pero no lo volvería a leer.

Al no ser una trama completamente linear (muchos recuerdos y flashbacks) es un poco dificil ver el objetivo o la meta de los personajes en un determinado punto.

Los personajes tienen sus fallas, de más incluso. Tal vez faltó verlos más tiempo resaltando sus lados positivos, desarrollando sus personalidades, para así encariñarse con ellos realmente.

El único personaje con el que pude encariñarme fue

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John. Honestamente, Tita debió haberlo escogido a él. La trataba bien, tenía su casa, le había dedicado tiempo y paciencia infinita, sin miedo de qué pensaran los demás. Todo lo contrario a Pedro. Pedro era un celoso inmadura y cobarde por el que no valía la pena suicidarse

Casi todos los trigger warnings fueron moderados o menores (se cuentan con metáforas o de paso en una o dos oraciones), excepto la

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fatphobia. Tanto y con tanto desprecio que hace pensar si la autora comparte el mismo sentimiento

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Fatphobia, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Gun violence, Child abuse, Infertility, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Racism, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

The more you advance in the book the more TWs escalate

aqulia's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

This book was really good! I wasn't a fan of the recipes included inside it, but other than that it was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: War, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Racism, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

rather_b_reading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This is not really my type of book. I am glad that I have read it, but I was not a fan of the structure or the characters. The story was tragic, but also over the top. However, I have enjoyed books that were inspired by this book. I know that it is an influential text and that is why I settled on 3 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, Child death, War, Rape, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Blood

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I...I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. 🤔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, and Emotional abuse

menomica's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

Me gustó este libro bastante. La prosa era muy buena, aunque el argumento en sí fue un poco…. básico, digamos. Me gustaron mucho los mementos de realismo mágico, habían muchos, aunque estaban muy espaciado, lo cual creo que ayudó a hacer que sintiera como realismo mágico efectivo: no sucedió demasiado que llegara a molestar ni que las situaciones parecieran demasiado ridículas (aunque sí, muchas de ellas lo eran), sino que cuando sí sucedieron esos momentos, te sorprendieron y, en algunos casos, te hicieron reír (me dio mucha risa la parte de «los tamales enojados»).
Quiero empezar con lo obvio: La Mamá Elena es la villana principal de este cuento. Es una madre egoísta, narcisista, y abusiva. A causa de ella, dos de sus tres hijas tuvieron que pasar su adultez en desprecio y miseria, también destruyó la relación entre las hermanas. Me parecía interesante ver el desarrollo de Rosaura, y cómo fue convirtiéndose en su madre. Igual de egoísta, igual de narcisista y abusiva

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(a su hija Esperanza).

Al principio, quería estar a favor de ella, porque me doy cuenta que todos en la situación no eran nada más que peones en la esquema de Elena. Pero poco a poco, o es que reveló su carácter auténtico, o es que le ganó el rencor. Como sea, se convirtió igual de malvada como su madre,

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y su muerte me hizo casi tan feliz como la de Elena.

Para terminar, quiero notar que este libro tiene momentos muy… sensuales, digamos. Más de una vez, las personas se ponen cachondas después de comer la comida de Tita (la comida de Tita literally made Gertudis’ pussy throb).

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La escena final es en la que Tita y Pedro tienen sexo como pareja pública e inmediatamente después de llegar al orgasmo, Pedro se muere?????? Me morí de risa. Y después Elena se suicida se mata comiéndose fósforo y literalmente calentándose con memorias hot de su relación con Pedro hasta prenderse llamas??? Guat de fac. 

¿Que fue creativo? Sí. ¿Que fue ridículo y un poco perturbador? También que sí. ¿Que si me gustó este libro? Sí. ¿Que me lo voy a guardar? Quizás. ¿Que lo recomiendo? Sí, sin duda.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility, Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Medical content, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: War, Rape, Body shaming, and Cancer

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I liked the fairy tale style and the way the recipes were woven into the narrative. Unfortunately, the narrative itself wasn't very good. The main character falls in love with a man with zero good qualities and lusts after him for years because they're forbidden to marry. He treats both her and his wife so badly and they're both so into him. There are two interesting characters and they're both hardly in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, and Violence