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The Lollipop Shoes Reviews

Reviews from Amazon.co.uk

I loved it!

I bought this book ages ago, and couldn't bring myself to read it for a long time because I loved Chocolat to much, and I didn't want to be disappointed by an unworthy sequel. I needn't have worried - from the very first word of this book I was hooked. If I had any money, I'd have flown to Paris to read it in a cafe there, but it's okay that I don't because reading the book transports you anyway. I found it magical in many senses of the word - how cool would it be to have Anouk's powers? And how dangerous! I love that kind of magical realism and the escapism of reading a book like this. I love Anouk's Pantoufle - similar to the wonderful daemons in the Philip Pullman books. I want a Pantoufle of my own!
Now I have Blackberry Wine on my shelf,and I'm enjoying the anticipation of waiting for the right moment read it. I think I'm going to read Beedle The Bard in between though - for a bit of variety.

Wonderful storytelling

The Lollipop Shoes proves the tremendous skills and the strong imagination the author can provide to the reader. Joanne Harris is truly a wonderful storyteller. The novel is a mammoth 500 plus novel, but my interest was never in question at any point. She can produce a novel that maintains interest for long periods of time for readers.

The Lollipop Shoes continues to deal with rich themes linked to the previous novel "Chocolat".The author claims in a recent interview I read that food is a means of self-expression and a strong indicator of personality. That is a statement I would agree with in the context of the novel and previous novel Chocolat. I would advise to read the novel "Chocolate, before reading the novel reviewed. The reason for that is a majority of the events featured in the novel are strongly tied with the Chocolat. The characters of Vianne and Anouk return with new identities in the form Yanne and Annie. The similar path of opening a chocolate confectionary in the elegant and beautiful district of Paris is followed as in the case of "Chocolat".

The characters are constantly on the run from previous lives and forged documents registered under various names. Vianne settled into a new life that looks promising, but the presence of Zozie and her past life will threaten everything she has earned. The central characters remain a mystery for the reader and for that reason you are really intrigued to the novel. That is the general gist of the story.

In today literacy world, I would rate Joanne Harris as one of our leading authors. The Lollipop Shoes is a reflection of the remarkable talent and skills she displays as a much loved author. She writes the novel in such a manner. The author ability to draw the reader attention is reflected by the way she narrates powerfully, produce memorable characters, create dark settings and deal with rich themes. The settings in France demonstrates how knowledgeable and the appreciation shown to another culture. The way she has applied the story to the setting of the novel makes it is delicious and wonderful novel to read.

dark and compelling mystery - Harris never disappoints!

I love Joanne's books, they're always beautifully written, intricate, with complex characters that are real and intriguing. The Girl With No Shadow, (I bought my copy in the USA so the title's different) was unputdownable. I wanted to know who Zozie was and felt an uneasy sense of forboding as the plot developed and she became almost demonic. Joanne's books are full of colour and never obvious. I really enjoyed this one, although it's very different from her other novels - what unites them all is Joanne's vivid, quirky imagination and the wonderful, complex and tightly woven tapestry of her stories. The picture is never quite what one expects and never disappointing. I'll always read Joanne just for the pleasure of her prose!

Magical and mesmerising

The reviews on Amazon serve to illustrate just how much the enjoyment of a book is a matter of personal taste. For me, this book was magical in all senses of the word. I absolutely loved it, and would go so far as to say that it has to be one of my favourite books of this year.

It probably helps to have read `Chocolat', as the book follows the story of Vianne, now Yanne, and Anouk (Annie) four years on, when they have moved to Paris with Rosette, Vianne's second child. Yanne takes on a rather dull chocolate shop in Montmartre. It remains dull and attracts few customers as Vianne seems to have lost the spirit and enthusiasm of her time in Lansquenet. She doesn't even make her own chocolates, and seems to encourage the attentions of Thierry, her staid and rather pompous landlord, seeing in him a secure future for herself and her children.

It takes the apparently selfless and irresistible Zozie de l'Alba to befriend Yanne and Annie and transform the shop into a colourful, thriving business where even the resistive locals congregate for a cup of hot chocolate and a chat.

The reader knows from the start that Zozie is not what she seems. But Yanne and Annie are unaware of her duplicity and trust her implicitly. As a result, the tension becomes almost unbearable as Zozie's motives are slowly revealed. Only Roux and Annie's school friend Jean-Loup seem to sense anything of the underlying treachery beneath the bewitching exterior.

What really makes this book so special for me though is Joanne Harris's beautiful, poetic prose. The bitter scent of Yanne's hand-made chocolate, mingled with cardamom, cinnamon, and chilli drifts from the page. Montmartre, its squares populated by artists, is so real that you imagine yourself walking through the streets alongside Annie. You sense Annie's unease and isolation at school, and feel the snowflakes, thick and silent, that muffle the sounds of the city.

It is easy to see why Zozie's glamour and contempt for convention are so seductive to the young Annie. But as the glamour increases so does the dangerous web Zozie weaves around Yanne.

I was mesmerised by this book. It's intriguing, worrying, and ultimately satisfying. Read it and see what you think.

Seductive and a little Sinister

It starts out as Vianne (now Yanne) working in a chocolate shop buying chocolate to sell on and her daughter Anouk(now Annie) and her 4 year old daughter Rosette. Their daily lives are constant, poor, stable and boring. Along Comes Zozie and changes their existence into a more colourful life; a life to be lived! She encourages Yanne to make her own chocolates again and the Chocolaterie comes alive. Altough Zozie is not who she seems, she seduces all the locals into the shop through Yannes chocolate and her magic. Yanne is afraid of the wind of change and trys to keep at bay all the magic that she used to invoke; she just wants a normal life but she realizes that she cannot change who she really is and little by little we see the real Vianne Rocher shine through altough she doesn't really shine through until the end of the book. As Zozie become more vindictive and dangerous, Vianne/Yanne begins to see her for who she really is and her influence on her daughter. It is Anouk/Annie that really shows her strength in the end.

I don't know what kept me reading this book, all in all it was not an amazing read but I really enjoyed it and read it through very quickly. Harris writes beautifully and it was full of imagination, sinister with dark magic. I liked the characters and the choclaterie which was full of atmosphere and I can just imagine the little chocolate shop window coming up to christmas. It was a fun read.