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title:	The Lollipop Shoes
author:	Joanne Harris
format:	Paperback	Prices compared at 06:54 PM 15/05/08 About pricing data
publisher:	Black Swan
released:	April 21, 2008
isbn:	0552773158
isbn-13:	9780552773157

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Customer Reviews
Disgusted - Rated Was looking forward to a 'new' joanne harris novel only to discover that I've just forked out money for a book I've already got i.e. The Lollipop Shoes. Amazon - you could have advertised this a bit better. Totally misleading to customers. BUYERS BEWARE - THIS IS THE SAME BOOK AS THE LOLLIPOP SHOES. Now even more disgusted that Amazon are using reviews from last year for the Lollipop Shoes to try and sell this book. What a con. More like a luke warm cup of tea than a delicious mug of hot chocolate - Rated I was so disappointed with this book; when it first came out I even bought it in hardback as I had absolutley loved Chocolat (and the others of Harris's that I have read). I had practically been counting down the days to the release of this book and was left feeling incredibly underwhelmed by the whole thing. The Lollipop Shoes is the story of Vianne and Anouk and Vianne's new daugher who have moved to Paris and set up a chocolate shop there too but there is none of the magic of that first shop, it's very dull and lacks sparkle. Also, the characters in Lollipop Shoes don't even seem to be the same people they were in Chocolat; Vianne was carefree and happy in Chocolat and in this she is dull and conventional (I know she is supposed to be hiding from her past but I just didn't buy it). And I found the storyline of Red coming back to find her almost ludicrous as their relationship in Chocolat never developed into what we are lead to belive it did in this book. Call me an old cynic but I just get the feeling that this book has been penned this in order for it to be made into another film - it had none of the magic I had expected. Infact, it left me feeling flat as a pancake. I would always invite someone to make up their own mind about a book but this really didn't cut it for me. be carefull - Rated this is a very good book if you have not read the Lollipop shoes , it is the same book under a diferent title, I think this is sharp practise if they wanted to change the title it should be advertised as such. Delightfully magical...for the most part... - Rated Having not got past the first 20 pages of Chocolat - the only other book of JH's that I've tried - I was pleasantly surprised by 'The Lollipop Shoes'. Her writing is almost (and I repeat almost) on a par with Alice Hoffman in terms of spinning magical yarns and throwing in more than enough of the unusual but I feel that this a tale of people rather than witchery and that the whimsical slant is merely an aside. Like I say, having not read any of her other books I don't know whether this is her usual style but I'll certainly be picking up another to try. I guessed that this must be the follow on from Chocolat since it's chocolatey theme couldn't be mere coincidence and it has encouraged me to give it another go perhaps. All in all, I think you'll savour this story of Vianne versus Zozie, with it's backdrop of Montmarte, Paris, and all it's quirkiness. If it's your cup of tea anyway... Out of Character? - Rated I enjoyed this book but was slightly disappointed with it. At times I felt that Vianne Rocher was acting in a manner that was out of character. I wasn't as gripped by this sequel as I'd hoped to be and found it was slightly tiresome during the middle section. However, the last quarter was gripping reading and I enjoyed the final showdown immensely. I also loved that Harris has gone back to her more dark style of writing, and I enjoyed hearing the Grimm style fairy tales that Vianne's mum had told her when she was small.

Customer Reviews

Disgusted - Rated 1/5
Was looking forward to a 'new' joanne harris novel only to discover that I've just forked out money for a book I've already got i.e. The Lollipop Shoes. Amazon - you could have advertised this a bit better. Totally misleading to customers.

BUYERS BEWARE - THIS IS THE SAME BOOK AS THE LOLLIPOP SHOES. Now even more disgusted that Amazon are using reviews from last year for the Lollipop Shoes to try and sell this book. What a con.

More like a luke warm cup of tea than a delicious mug of hot chocolate - Rated 2/5
I was so disappointed with this book; when it first came out I even bought it in hardback as I had absolutley loved Chocolat (and the others of Harris's that I have read). I had practically been counting down the days to the release of this book and was left feeling incredibly underwhelmed by the whole thing.

The Lollipop Shoes is the story of Vianne and Anouk and Vianne's new daugher who have moved to Paris and set up a chocolate shop there too but there is none of the magic of that first shop, it's very dull and lacks sparkle. Also, the characters in Lollipop Shoes don't even seem to be the same people they were in Chocolat; Vianne was carefree and happy in Chocolat and in this she is dull and conventional (I know she is supposed to be hiding from her past but I just didn't buy it). And I found the storyline of Red coming back to find her almost ludicrous as their relationship in Chocolat never developed into what we are lead to belive it did in this book.

Call me an old cynic but I just get the feeling that this book has been penned this in order for it to be made into another film - it had none of the magic I had expected. Infact, it left me feeling flat as a pancake.

I would always invite someone to make up their own mind about a book but this really didn't cut it for me.

be carefull - Rated 5/5
this is a very good book if you have not read the Lollipop shoes , it is the same book under a diferent title, I think this is sharp practise if they wanted to change the title it should be advertised as such.

Delightfully magical...for the most part... - Rated 4/5
Having not got past the first 20 pages of Chocolat - the only other book of JH's that I've tried - I was pleasantly surprised by 'The Lollipop Shoes'. Her writing is almost (and I repeat almost) on a par with Alice Hoffman in terms of spinning magical yarns and throwing in more than enough of the unusual but I feel that this a tale of people rather than witchery and that the whimsical slant is merely an aside. Like I say, having not read any of her other books I don't know whether this is her usual style but I'll certainly be picking up another to try.
I guessed that this must be the follow on from Chocolat since it's chocolatey theme couldn't be mere coincidence and it has encouraged me to give it another go perhaps.
All in all, I think you'll savour this story of Vianne versus Zozie, with it's backdrop of Montmarte, Paris, and all it's quirkiness. If it's your cup of tea anyway...

Out of Character? - Rated 3/5
I enjoyed this book but was slightly disappointed with it. At times I felt that Vianne Rocher was acting in a manner that was out of character. I wasn't as gripped by this sequel as I'd hoped to be and found it was slightly tiresome during the middle section. However, the last quarter was gripping reading and I enjoyed the final showdown immensely. I also loved that Harris has gone back to her more dark style of writing, and I enjoyed hearing the Grimm style fairy tales that Vianne's mum had told her when she was small.