I couldn’t get into the magical realism in this book at all. Granted, it was original and a quick read, but I found myself paging through it apathetically. I didn’t care at all about the characters.

I found Tita’s situation tragic but my sympathy wore thin after a while with her rather whiny outlook on the situation. It was blunt about sensuality and anatomical functions, which was not what I expected in a book like this, but being sensual does not make up for, what I saw as, a very bland story.

Some have argued that this story is brimming with passion and that it touches them in that sense. Passion is one thing, but when your characters are constantly going through emotional extremes their personalities get lost, and your reader becomes numb to the entire situation. I feel like I got emotional overload reading this book, and not in a good way.

Magical Mexican Kitchen Soap-Opera. That pretty much explains it. Along with the word “boring”.

hot.

A friend gave this to me – insisting I read it. I read most of it while staying on a boat in British Columbia.

Deliciously sensual! The only parts I could have done without were the descriptions of how to prepare all the meat dishes. I just became a vegetarian earlier this year, and I ended up having to skip over those bits to get through the book. But I’m sure meat-lovers would have no problem!

I love this book! A great read, highly recommended.

I have read this book.