Bookfanatic reviewed on
Helpful Score: 2
This was a disappointment. The story had a great premise. The heroine, nine years old when the story begins, can taste people's deepest emotions in food they've made. Yet, nothing happens in the story. There's no conflict in this very emotionally damaged family. The mother has a lot of despair, but why she's so miserable isn't explained. What happens to the older brother isn't explained well at all. The father is completely detached from the family too. This book completely loses its way and it started off so well and with such promise. I don't have a problem with magical realism. I love Like Water For Chocolate, but unlike that story, this one is very flat. Don't waste a credit on this one...
