La imaginación y el humor más desbordantes son las claves de este libro de Laura Esquivel, que muestra un nuevo e inesperado registro de su creatividad y conhfirma su enorme talento narrativo. La pasión amorosa es entendida aquí como una fuerza arrolladora que, por encima de todos los obstáculos acabará imponiéndose si somos capaces de aceptar su ley, la ley del amor. Pero los humanos somos testarudos, y nos manejamos tan mal que acabamos convirtiendo nuestras vidas en un extraño culebrón. Una tragedia que la autora nos presenta con un gozoso sentido de la comicidad.

Segundo libro de la escritora latinoamericana que logró la consagración mundial con Como agua para chocolate

Bizarre, livre, illustrations, CD des chansons du livre. Donné

Not nearly as good as Like Water for Chocolate. I did like the idea of a soundtrack and pictures to accompany the story, but the story itself left me flat. I just wasn't expecting the futuristic reincarnation fantasy. And I didn't find any of the characters to be particularly appealing. ( )

La pasión amorosa es etendida aquí como una fuerza arroladora que, por encima de todos los obstáculos, acabará imponiéndose si somos capaces de aceptar su ley, la ley del amor.

This may be the first Around the World For a Good Book selection that is science fiction. Esquivel's novel is set in a future where reincarnations and karma are very real and central to society, and interplanetary travel and body-swapping are quite possible. Then there are guardian angels and demons guiding the primary characters' actions. All of it comes off very strange and poorly written (or is it the translator's fault?). The book just never worked as fiction, it was more of a collection of fantastical ideas. The first multimedia novel also comes with a CD with prompts to listen to at the appropriate part of the narrative as well as portions of the book in graphic novel to represent the characters' visions. It's gimmicky and doesn't really add much to the story. Overall this was mildly entertaining, but not really all that great, especially compared with Like Water for Chocolate. ( )