JOANNE Harris's Chocolat was a hugely successful novel and then film. It featured the story of Vianne Rocher and her daughter Anouk who breezed into a small French town, opened a chocolate shop and by dint of cocoa and magic, transformed the lives of everyone there.
Lollipop shoes tells the story of Vianne Rocher, living quietly in Paris running a small and shabby chocolate shop until Zozie de l'Alba, the lady of many faces and many shoes and a nasty piece of work, blows into their lives and changes everything.
A little bit of déjà vu? Sadly yes. The themes, ideas and surprises that made Chocolat so fresh and exciting are now rather stale and sickly. It is too much of the same.
If you are really addicted, you will love it, but for most of us, a second helping of chocolate might be a treat too much.
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