Book reviews for Chocolat.

'Moody and atmospheric... Harris writes confident and stylish prose... A richly textured tale, evoking the claustrophobia of village life, and its amusements, with an impressively light touch.' - Independent.


'This novel is mouthwatering... You find yourself unable to stop until you've finished feasting on this delightful, quirky, sensuous story. This is also a feelgood book of the first order. One to curl up with. To luxuriate in... So full of coulour, tastes and scents, that as you are lured by the plot and the wonderful descriptions, your senses are left reeling. This novel is a celebration of pleasure, of love, of tolerence.' - The Observer.


'A chocolate soufflé of a novel - with a pleasantly bitter aftertaste.' - The Times.


'A tale guaranteed to titillate the palate and lend sustenance to the heart... A romantic, playfully rebellious, lush and ultimatley moving spirit that makes Chocolat as tempting as chocolate itself.' - The Scotsman.


'Joanne Harris's prose is as lucious as her lists of mouth-watering recipes... her fairy-story is seductive.' - Sunday Telegraph.


'A delightfully wicked novel that celebrates the most tempting of luxuries. Beautifully atmospheric and packed with local colour and detail, the book... marvellously captures scenes of French provincial life.' - Country Living.


'Bitter and sweet bite into each other, balance each other. Its a delicious read, witchy and decadent. Sumptuous descriptions of bonbons and cakes slink across the page, hints of magic and evil.' - Time Out.


'... Chocolate is her metaphor for both the serpents apple and the milk of human kindness.' - Daily telegraph.


'Harris tells her story well. It is at times touching, often witty, with some wonderfully vivid descriptive passages; you come away from it with an acute awarness of colour and with the smell of chocolate lingering in your nostrils.' - Spectator.


'Theres something witchy and decadent about Chocolat. Delicious descriptions of pastries and bonbons slink across the page and hints of magic flash through the story.' - Elle.