Synopsis

After reading Like Water For Chocolate, we would recommend it to people who have a true imagination, but who can be able to realize what’s fiction and what is fantasy. You would also have to be able to understand the Mexican traditions and the cultural ideas they had in the early 1900’s. It’s not only a love story, but Like Water For Chocolate has a lot of drama between the main character, Tita and her sister Rosaura and also her cold hearted mother, Mama Elena. There’s more and more jealousy and hatred between all the characters as well as confusing, emotion-spinning love in every chapter. If you like to read about things that are very fantasy-like and if you can imagine love through these young couples' eyes then you would be able to understand and enjoy the book.
The main character in the book is Tita. She is a young girl who has fallen in love with a man by the name of Pedro. They are unable to marry because of the tradition of generations that is the youngest of the daughters has to take care of her mother until the day her mother dies. Another one of the main characters is Mama Elena, the mother of Tita, Gertrudis, and Rosaura. Mama Elena is the one who forbids Tita to marry Pedro but offers Rosaura’s hand in marriage instead. Pedro is Tita’s love who marries Rosaura to become closer to Tita instead of having to totally avoid her. Rosaura is Tita’s sister who is married to Pedro due to Mama Elena's offer. Getrudis is Tita’s oldest sister who Tita looks up to and gets along with the most between her sisters. Tita thinks that Rosaura resembles her mother most out of the three sisters and since Tita doesn’t get along with Mama Elena, she doesn’t get along with Rosaura. There is a lot of interesting twists with the different relationships throughout the story. There is a unique format of the book where there is twelve chapters, one for each month of the year. At the start of each chapter is a list of ingredients for a new and sinfully delicious dish and a detailed description of how to prepare it.

All the conflicts and drama that happen between the main characters will keep you on your toes, not knowing what could possibly happen in the next scene. Anyone who enjoys reading about love and is interested in Mexican culture in the early 1900’s, would be interested in Like Water For Chocolate.