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Victoire, Les Saveurs Et Les Mots by Maryse Condé

ladyinsaeng's review against another edition

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4.0

Love has many languages. What happens when you don't know how to love yourself and don't know how to be loved?

lisa_nog's review against another edition

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5.0

Absolutely beautiful biography by Maryse Conde of her grandmother. At some point during the past year Conde’s Segu was on a list of books I wanted to check out. It wasn’t available but Victoire was. Read on a whim because I needed a one word title for a book challenge and I’m so glad I did. This takes place in the Caribbean at the turn of the 20th century. While it’s a semi factual biography of the author’s grandmother, there is also so much history of the islands, labor movement politics, race relations, and above all else, culinary revelry.

emma_trblayy's review

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

florahrt's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

2.5

jacobs_books's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

itsthegargoyles's review

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I actually stopped reading this a couple weeks ago. Read the first half only for school, I thought I would finish it on my own time for a paper but I ran out of time, and it's not quite the kind of thing I read for fun. Great book though

400lux's review

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3.75

Ce n'est pas un grand roman et pas non plus une histoire époustouflante. Mais ce livre est un travail d'amour qui révèle l'affection et la douceur que Condé ressent pour sa grande mère et sa mère. L'écrivaine mène habilement le mélange entre enquête familiale et récit d'une vie, sans jamais dissimuler la réalité complexe par une couche romantique.

C'est un bon livre pour celleux qui aiment le style de Condé. C'est le troisième de ses livres que j'ai lu, bonne position pour ce livre qui ne serait pas un bon point d'entrée dans son œuvre.

viis97's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

chxnty's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

disreputabledog's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5