Resh (The Book Satchel)'s Reviews > Chocolat

I loved the read. I had read the book as a child from the local library and now picking it up after many many years was a pure joy. I loved Lansquenet, the characters, the lovely prose; everything! Basically the story looms around chocolates being an indulgence and a sin and the local priest seeing Vianne and her chocolate shop as the evil that has come to break the lent and prayers of the townsfolk. The descriptions will make you yearn for chocolates and hot chocolate drinks. That’s a guarantee because I don’t even love chocolates that much. I had unbearable cravings.

Strengths:
-Atmospheric (you might want to bathe in chocolates)
-Magical (oh, Lovely)
-Strong characters (all of them touched my heart. They were written to perfection)
-Themes of religion, superstition, prejudice towards gypsies, the idea of Home to those who are always on the run etc

I had forgotten how the book was and the movie had imprinted itself in my thoughts. I didn’t know (or rather remember) both the stories were different. OH MY GOd!! WHYYY? I kept screaming in my head, ‘’ Joanne, follow the movie. FOLLOW the movie.’’ But yeah, nothing happened. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVED the book. I kept reading searching for A’s party because it is one of the BEST scenes in the movie. Ah! It isn’t there in the book. Roux? I refuse to believe that the gypsy’s story turns out the way it does in the book. Movie please?

The book is good, the movie is good too. You might say the book is more realistic, but why don’t we have happy endings over warm chocolate drinks? Doesn’t that sound better?


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