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Kika Tapas
- Address:
9 Broad Canal Way
Cambridge, MA 02142Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
Tapas / Small PlatesPrice: $30 and under
Kika Tapas
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.kikatapas.com/
- Phone: (617) 245-6030
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 4:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 4:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm, Saturday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Spanish, Portuguese, Tapas / Small Plates
- Executive Chef: Michael Brunson
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
Getting there
- Cross Street: 350 Third Street
- Public Transit: Red Line - Kendall
- Parking: Street Parking
- Parking Details: Located in the Watermark Building on Third Street. Entrance to Kika on Broad Canal Way. Validated parking at Kendall Square South Garage (entrance on Kendall Street) after 4pm. Metered parking available until 6pm.
A word from Kika Tapas
The owners of Tapeo & Solea bring a modern Spanish tapas restaurant to Kendall Square. Named and inspired after Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's hit movie, Kika, the bright interior and retro design offer a unique and eccentric way of dining on tapas and sipping on homemade sangria in a glowing environment.Continued
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Kika Tapas reviews from OpenTable diners
36 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food3.7Service3.7
- Ambiance3.6Noise LevelModerate
good for groups (15)fit for foodies (14)great for outdoor dining (10)neighborhood gem (9)romantic (5)special occasion (5)great for lunch (5)hot spot (3)notable wine list (2)vibrant bar scene (2)kid-friendly (1)Show More
- Gorgeous decor and convenient location.SueBVIPDined on 11/18/2014I love the atmosphere for a business lunch. Quiet enough to hear one another, great food and attentive service. I will be back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Can't wait to go back!AhartpanVIPDined on 10/30/2014From the premium beverages (I started with a Manhattan) to the spectacular tapas, I cannot complain about 1 thing. Paul, our server was very attentive to our group of 7. We shared 2 bottles of wine as we grazed through our tapas selections. He ensured that the pace was staggered so that we had enough food, but that we were able to enjoy each dish before the next one came out. The port wine flight was a perfect ending with the churros accompanied by the most delectable Spanish chocolate sauce. I would highly recommend the beef tenderloin with chimichurri and the lamb lollipops which the chef was kind enough to put the apricot sauce on the side. Another hit was the crispy artichokes. Bonus: Validated parking in an underground garage.Special Features:
- Excellent TapasBob1inBrooklineVIPDined on 10/29/2014Three of us enjoyed our meal at Kiki Tapas. A good assortment of tapas and reasonable prices. Our waiter was knowledgeable. We enjoyed the meal.
- Reliably good tapas, sangriaMayorSalesDined on 10/22/2014Lamb meatballs, lamb chops, ceviche and mushrooms are all fantastic. Red sangria is quite tasty. Circular booths are not so comfortable so avoid if possible and choose a regular table.
- Good eats and friendlyFrequentdinerVIPDined on 9/27/2014We were staying in Cambridge and was lucky to find Kika was just below the building where we were staying. Salt will always be an issue when dining out anywhere. So yes, I found some of the dishes a tad salty but tolerable specially if you will wash it down with Sangria Royale. Paella ala Valencia was appropriately laden with meat and seafood but the vegetarian paella was not so interesting. It had too much eggplant and yellow zucchini, I would prefer chickpeas, artichoke, olives. And I missed the subtle flavor of saffron. For dessert we had tres leches, churros and the banana with butterscotch sauce, they were sweetly devoured.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good this time, but not alwaysKLL02421Dined on 9/24/2014Our party of 4 had a great experience at Kika on Wednesday. Good food, prompt and very attentive service. We've been to Kika several times in the past and had good experiences EXCEPT FOR the most recent experience before this one, in late July, which was terrible and which is why I feel compelled to write this. In July, our server took our drink orders and then utterly disappeared. After we waited 15 minutes to receive our drinks and 30 minutes to order food, the hostess finally took over serving our table. At the end of the meal, we had to spend 10 minutes lurking at the hostess station to find someone to give us our check. I don't know what happened that day; did they fail to staff properly? We only saw 1 server for the whole restaurant.Special Features:
- keyslpVIPDined on 9/13/2014Thank you for being gluten free. Waiter didn't refill our wine glasses, we ordered a bottleSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- mediocre pricy dinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 9/9/2014came here for dinner, kinda pricy, food is very salty not much tasteSpecial Features:
- On-Line ReservationReservationDined on 9/3/2014When my guest showed up give my name saying that we had a 6:00 reservation and was told there was no reservation in my name. Not good.Special Features:
- Yay!snapfarrDined on 8/27/2014I've been a number of times, and it's nothing but delicious. Tried the vegetarian paella this time around- absolutely delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- TFCambridgeDined on 8/27/2014The food was excellent; everything was delicious. I think this would be a great place for a group, since you can order a lot of things and try stuff that you might otherwise not try. The Dine Out Boston deal was not much of a deal - depending on what you got, you ended up paying about the same as the regular price. But everything we had was worth the price.Special Features:
- Kika TapaslouiseDined on 8/26/2014Ideal at two tapas per person. Gives a chance to share. interesting seating arrangement.Special Features:
- Amazing !TheflorentineVIPDined on 8/22/2014We had the best experince ever ! The service is impeccable ! Super fast and super kind ! The ambient is so Spanish ! The decor is perfect and the restaurant is such a noise free place that you can easily dine without kids running around making tons of noise . The food is amazing ! It's perfectly like the One you can have in Spain ! Their paella is something you must have when you go there ! The tapas are amazing too! A must have too ! I highly recommend to try them both ! The music is very very nice and not disturbing at all ! The owner is super nice and makes sure his clients are served and treated the best way ! So attentive !Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Tapas for lunchLadadadeeDined on 8/21/2014So everyone's prepared for tapas to be small, but these were mostly teeny-tiny. If you're going to go in a group, you better get two of everything, or else be prepared to only get a Costco-sample-sized portion of each thing. The food itself is tasty, but just kinda the standard, predictable tapas that are everywhere. The service for lunch was confused. You have to keep tabs on what you've ordered, or else some never show up on your table. I've been to Kika once before with a friend for dinner and remember being underwhelmed. I overall had the same feeling the second time around. I guess if you're trapped in Kendall Square you could do worse, but you could also do a lot better.
- not going backDTXxxVIPDined on 8/16/2014Lighting is too bright for dinner. kind of hald circle tables are not good for a group such as 6 people, too far from each other. The restaurant was almost mepty. Food was good.
- Good food and serviceNettakVIPDined on 8/11/2014The food was really good and so was the service. The outdoor seating is nice and relaxed. Will definitely go back.Special Features:
- Worst meal ever!IvygeeDined on 8/7/2014First, let me say that I'm a big fan of tapas, and love Tapeo and Dali. Kika was a huge disappointment. We ordered five tapas, and would not recommend any one of them. The worst was the ceviche. It should have been fresh and citrusy, but it looked and tasted a week old. We couldn't eat it. The beef empanada was dry, burnt and cold. The garlic shrimp was just okay. The only plate we finished was the short ribs, mainly because we were hungry. In spite of this, I gave Kika two stars because of their yummy sangria royal and delicious dessert. The berry crepe with dulce de leche was fantastic. If I ever return, it will be for drinks and dessert only.
- Too expensivePeteDined on 8/5/2014The food was good, but it wasn't nearly worth the price.Special Features:
- The following 207 reviews are from the Kika Tapas reviews archive.
- Kika did it again!LOVE4KIKADined on 7/18/2014i HAD ANOTHER AMAZING DINING EXPERIENCE AT KIKA. THE BAR SCENE IS ALWAYS HIP AND INVITING AND THE DINING ROOM SPACIOUS AND FUN! THE FOOD AS ALWAYS WAS TO DIE FOR AND THE SERVICE KEEPS ME COMING BACK FOR MORE!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Visiting from out of townNicoleDined on 7/4/2014Delicious options for dinner and drinks. Great service!Special Features:
- Tapas for hipstersOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/19/2014Excellent restaurant and nice find in east Cambridge. Mostly groups and young couples when we ate there on a nice breezy summer evening. We had a babysitter with our kids but there was one brave couple there with a toddler who seemed to do ok. Great sangria. Nice dessert. Tapas menu very good-to-excellent.Special Features:
- Absolutely delicious tapasYogaenthusiastVIPDined on 6/14/2014On a Saturday night, Kika Tapas is not lively, because of its location in Kendall Square. Don't be deterred - the food is excellent and the staff is attentive and helpful. With a party of four, we tried several dishes and were delighted with every one of them. The room is beautiful, and very comfortable and immaculately clean. Also the wine list offers excellent options. I suspect that weekdays are lively (if not, they should be, because the food is great!), and this restaurant deserves a loyal, full-time following. We'll definitely return!Special Features:
- 4 visits, 4 good dining experiencesMayorSalesDined on 5/27/2014Consistently tasty tapas, good variety. Ceviche and lamb meatballs were 2 dishes that were especially goodSpecial Features:
- What happened?OpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 5/24/2014Not my first time dining at Kikas but certainly the worst time dining there. Perhaps it was an inexperienced cook due to Memorial day weekend but whatever it was it was not good. Crab/avocado appetizer was particularly bad and had to be sent back. The normally reliable braised short rib was tough and dry, not at all what I have come to expect. Lobster ravioli was tasty but luke warm when it go to us, which is hard to do since the restaurant was empty. At least the sangria was good.
- Fun in Kendall SquarewestenderVIPDined on 5/24/2014This is one of many new places in Kendall Square. There are a lot of tables outside, and a large handsome interior with a substantial bar. Everyone was warm and welcoming. Fun, different menu of Spanish tapas and a good wine list. The 4 items we tried were yummy - Brazilian cheese bread, eggplant, bacon wrapped prunes stuffed with goat cheese, applewood sausage with foi gras. Portions are not large, good for each person to get a taste.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Gem of a placeLocalDinerDined on 5/17/2014Great food, very friendly waitress, warm ambience...... how can one go wrong. EVERY single dish we ordered (meatballs in sauce, braised artichokes, garlic shrimp.... and, and, and...) was a winner. Plan to go back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent food and serviceterrificDined on 5/10/2014Not much to add - just all around excellent food - ingredients seems very fresh and preparation/presentation was outstanding. Great stuff. Our second visit and it didn't disappoint.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great dinner!CambridgeDinerDined on 5/9/2014Great dinner with friends on a friday night! Food and service was excellent. Menu has variety and interesting choices. Easily accessible-parking close by.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Tapas...Opus25VIPDined on 5/9/2014Kika, along with Solea, are our favorite Tapas places in Boston. Terrific selection and good value for the price. Avery nice balance between seafood, meat and vegeterian plates. The Palella is outstanding.Special Features:
- Cool decor, but food was blah.OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 4/26/2014We were there on a Saturday night around 6 and the place was empty. I don't know if people don't really know about it or if it just isn't popular? The restaurant is beautiful and the service was good, but the food wasn't really too exciting. We found a few of the dishes to be a little bland. If I were to go back for something it would be for the salmon with spinach. The salmon was cooked perfectly. I think this could be a great bar spot because it is just so beautiful inside.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Sub-par diningKaceyDined on 4/25/2014A group of us went here Friday night hoping for some good, authentic spanish tapas. We had one good dish: the short ribs. Although we ordered two of them and they had slightly different tasting sauces on each. The garlic shrimp were bland, the cauliflower fritters were gummy and seemed undercooked. We had to send the chicken dish back because it was so tough we could barely cut into it. The desserts were good: crepe & churros. I probably wouldn't come back here.
- Not like sister resteraunt at allframmanDined on 4/5/2014Very disappointed. Went to sister restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston in February and had a great meal with good service and great ambience. The food was okay but portions were smaller than in Boston and not as good. The mojito tasted like a cheap margarita mix with two mint leaves. There is no ambience and the service was horrible. Waiter never aplogized for the drink and never asked how our food was or if my wife wanted another dirnk. The palce was empty on a Saturday night and yet the waiter was not attentive at all.
- This was first time thereStuartVIPDined on 4/3/2014This was first time there so cannot tell if my experience is typical. We arrived early for lunch, The service was great and noise level very low - seemed to be only about half full, so might be noisier at other times. The first course was a goat cheese with tomato sauce spread on bread - which was great. But the main course which was a Spanish salad with tuna fish, boiled eggs, etc. - was disappointing. Either there was no sauce or it was without much taste.
- Great find!MetroWesternerVIPDined on 3/31/2014The service was good -- the food was FABULOUS. Dinner was a little expensive (about $55 each, no alcohol, included dessert, tax, and tip), but it was an outstanding dining experience. The crab and avocado (Palta Reina) was a great combination of tastes and textures. If you eat shrimp, do not miss the sauteed shrimp, asparagus, whipped eggs, fried bread (Revuelto). The chicken empañada was very tasty. The grilled chicken breast (Pechuga) was also quite good, though the sauce was the best part. This restaurant isn't anywhere near places I usually go, but I will go out of my way to return. It was almost empty on a Monday night. I hope it gets busier -- it would be a shame if it had to close for lack of diners.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- "Tapas" not tapasGagaForTapasDined on 3/27/2014I love tapas and dig the culture of Spain. When I heard there was a tasty tapas place in town I was excited. Unfortunately the experience was similar to seeing a movie that others have hyped a lot -- a let down. I went during restaurant week, which I'm impacts the restaurant in terms of volume, level of service, etc. However, my issue wasn't with the wait staff; while they were a bit slow on the draw with the ordering that wasn't too big a deal since we weren't in a rush. The issue was with the ambiance and the menu. The food was bland (I love garlic shrimp and am disappointed when this staple doesn't work) and they had odd twists (Mambo Cab instead of Mambo Taxi -- ok, a nitpick but still). It wasn't bad, but should have been great.
- Restaurant Week deal was notPatrickDined on 3/26/2014Restaurant Week deal was not a discount from regular prices for the items we could pick; very expensive.Special Features:
- Outstanding tapas!BostonGirlDined on 3/22/2014Kikas Tapas has outstanding tapas. My husband is Spanish and said it was the most authentic dishes he'd had outside of Spain. You can't get higher praise! We ate the grilled shrimp in garlic, mixed olives, fried calamari, grilled artichokes, and mixed wild mushrooms. You get complimentary bread to compliment all of the dishes and they will offer you a second serving of it. For desserts, we had the chocolate tarte & tres leche which were divine. The service was attentive, but never intrusive. She happily explained any of the dishes when we had questions. She was very knowledgeable about the wine list, too. The design of the restaurant is funky, yet cosy and inviting. We'll definitely go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Kika worth a trysurfunVIPDined on 3/22/2014We booked Kika for a Saturday evening looking forward to a nice Tapas dinner. We were surprised to find the dining room fairly empty on a Saturday at 7:30, but it was restaurant week in Boston, and perhaps the competition was stiff. Overall we found all of the food served to us (we ordered off the restaurant week, prix fixe menu) to be good, tasty and served in generous portions. Not the best Tapas ever, but good. Food came from the kitchen very quickly, almost too quickly, and we had to ask our waiter to slow us down. We did have a few service issues with our waiter, he asked us if we wanted to order food before asking us for a drink order, and then later forgot to bring my Sangria. Kika is worth a try.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good treatsJennDined on 3/21/2014We went because of restaurant week, but it seemed like it would be a better deal to simply order off the menu. Favorite dishes were the sautéed spinach with pine nuts and raisins, sautéed mushrooms, and the salmon.Special Features:
- good experiencestasterDined on 3/21/2014It's good time to taste different restaurant and we had good exprienecsSpecial Features:


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I want it to represent Kelis' world. When you put on my
record, I want you to feel that you've entered into a new
dimension, some place where you haven't been before. You
know when you go to a carnival and there's a funhouse where
the colours are different and the music is distorted? It's
reality but it's not really reality, you know what I mean?
I kind of want it to feel like that…
- Kelis, on her dazzling new album, Wanderland
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record, I want you to feel that you've entered into a new
dimension, some place where you haven't been before. You
know when you go to a carnival and there's a funhouse where
the colours are different and the music is distorted? It's
reality but it's not really reality, you know what I mean?
I kind of want it to feel like that…
- Kelis, on her dazzling new album, Wanderland
It's just under two years since we first got a chance to
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Review about Kelis songs
song | Reviewer: big booty hoe------ About the song Milkshake performed by Kelis
OMG this song is so great to turn on a guy, my little girl listens to it and she has gotten 10 guys in one day!!! just get a guy make him a milk shake put on a bikini and skate what you got ;)
sexy | Reviewer: Sarah Blaire------ About the song Milkshake performed by Kelis
This song is really inspirational to me!!! It encourages me to do thing i've never thought of before ;) if you know what i mean. Everytime i hear this song i just cant control myself. I mean like damn right i love it. Some times i play with my Kellis doll.' I mean like its a barbie with her face glued on it but still its sooooo hot. Like i play with it nonstop ;)
A very inspiring song | Reviewer: Monique------ About the song Lil Star performed by Kelis
This song reminds me of when everything seems to be working against me at my old job. It helps me to look beyond and aim for something higher which I am proud to say I achieved after a year of going back to study for a specialist post in my chosen profession. Since then, |I have always use it to inspire myself and it works for me everytime.
I love this song :D | Reviewer: Tanya------ About the song Lil Star performed by Kelis
This song reminds me of when I was at an all time low a few years ago and a friend of mine, played it for me and grabbed my hand and danced with me around the room, assuring me that everything would be ok. Needless to say everytime I hear this song (and though ive since moved cities) and I'm feeling low, it picks me up.
its a terrible song | Reviewer: ahhh, your stupid------ About the song Milkshake performed by Kelis
I'm surprised no one has commented and said this, but this song is SO repetitive. it's very annoying to me, and very inappropriate. she needs to remember somethings about herself...and realize this song is not very good. now the tune, depending on anyones taste in music, could be known as good. just the lyrics.
lyrics | Reviewer: Anonymous------ About the song Get Along With You performed by Kelis
I've always loved this song and in the morning fav tracks for her but I couldn't figure out for the life of me wat she was saying at the end of the chorus " nights I'm used to gettin" I knew the whole song but hella used to mumble that part haha!
stupid | Reviewer: courtney------ About the song Milkshake performed by Kelis
i think this song is very stupid because it is very innapropriate and it is so disgusting! if children heard this song they would start singing it and they would get in so much trouble! i know, because i have seen it before and it was your song they were singing too! and they got in so much trouble for it! all because of YOU!
I always pole dance to this | Reviewer: Hot chick------ About the song Milkshake performed by Kelis
I love this song I can pole dance to this and my videos are on you tube this song makes me turn all the boys crazy when i dance. Any guys give me ideas on what to wear on my next video press 3 for a bikini press 6 for a tube top press 7 for something different or just type what you think would look sexy
I'm Bossy | Reviewer: nella------ About the song Bossy performed by Kelis
I real realy love this song I dont care who love it or not All i kno i love it to death everytime i come on the computer or laptop i start listing to this song cuz it fresh to fuck i dont give a dam who hate kelis cuz i love kelis so fuck all those ppl who hat her cuz all i kno allu fucking hateersz them
love u kelis
fuck all those haterz ;P
Milkshake | Reviewer: Uncle Wiggly------ About the song Milkshake performed by Kelis
Kelis is a freak but maintains her "angelic" / halo - that's what the song is about. She'll charge you to teach you her um..."winding technique" -- sounds like she's got some skillz in the bed room. Lady in the streets, freak in the sheets.
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With their re-birth, Marmalade is inviting all members from the community to participate in their free, three-day grand opening festival that kicks off on Friday.
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In Japanese legend, one who folds 1000 cranes will be granted a wish by a crane.
The symbolism of peace associated with the crane did not emerge until after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. A young Japanese girl's only wish was to live after suffering from and eventually dying from leukemia as a result of the bomb's radiation. Her story, and her attempt to fold 1000 cranes, is told in the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
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If you were a utility executive today, what would you think are the odds of success of completing a merger in this environment?
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Tucked into a story from Forbes.com about French President first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's visit to America this week is a snippet that caught my eye:
The couple went around the room to greet each of their guests and spent about 10 minutes chatting with those in attendance. Bruni-Sarkozy charmed a group of besotted women, telling them how much she loved America and how she and her husband dream of road-tripping on Route 66.
Bruni-Sarkozy and her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, were in New York to launch a new program through her philanthropy, The Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A man who helped himself to a refill of his 89-cent drink at a Veterans Affairs hospital found it cost a lot more than he expected when he was fined $525.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on our side. Also can't forget Tom Selleck and Chuck Norris.
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The liberals love smearing law abiding Americans who own guns. They will always paint you with the same brush of a criminal and deranged person.
Hypocrites of Gun Control (Gun Control, But Not for Me) - YouTube Here is a great video showing Rosie being a hypocrite. Watch it.
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So..where is their 2nd amendment coalition ?
What is sad is out of the countless entertainers, their handlers, their agents, their lawyers, all these household names, we only have a few to name that have the courage to be vocal, picture how many would agree with us but fear industry reprisals to state as much.
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Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Ismae was born with a red scar on her back, marking her as a daughter of Saint Mortain, the Patron Saint of Death. Her childhood is tough, as her 'father' (her mother's husband) treats her cruelly every time she gets the chance. When Ismae comes of age, she's sold for three pieces of silver to a man who thought her little more than a piece of flesh he owned. He too beats her savagely, catching the eye of a local 'rescue group' that smuggles Ismae away from her husband and on to a new life.
She's taken to the convent of St. Mortain, where she is given the choice to become an assasin, doing the Saint's work. She happily agrees and for the next three years she is trained in everything related to killing. The time for her to put her knowledge to good use arrives when Gavriel Duval, one of the duchess' most trusted people, is thought to have switched sides. Ismae is then send to his court, to live with him, discover his secrets, and kill those who have displeased the Saint in any way. She is of course glad to have the opportunity to help the convent and serve Mortain — but then it turns out the convent is not as infallible as she thought; could she still follow their orders, even if they're wrong, or should she follow her heart?
General impression
I loved this book! Thank you NetGalley for making it available to me :)
It has a bit of everything: a bit of fighting, poisons, a bit of romance, a bit of suspense, a bit of court intrigue — what's there not to like?
It is the 15th century, and the small duchy of Brittany is surrounded by enemies. The old duke has recently died, and his daughter is set to succeed him. In order for her to quell the various plots to take her throne, she needs a husband, one with a large enough an army to scare her enemies away. Unfortunately, there seems to be a shortage of eligible husbands, and young Anne's time is running out. If we add to that the fact that her father has promised her hand to a particular count, a despicable person that would stop at nothing to force the duchess into respecting that promise, it becomes obvious that Anne's circumstances are nothing to be envious of. At least she has a handful of resourceful people on her side — and even Saint Mortain has sent an emissary to help Anne keep her throne — but will that be enough?
Ismae is a study in contrasts: she's a cold blooded killer, and good at what she does (I was glad to see that the author did not skirt around this side of her — now and then people need killing and Ismae kills them, simple as that; it's who she is and what she was trained for, anything else would have been a cop out). And yet Ismae has nothing of the viciousness and brutality that come to mind when one thinks 'killer'. She obeys the saint of Death, her rescuer from a lifetime of grief; she hates men, as every man she met has treated her cruelly — but first and foremost she cares about doing the right thing in any given circumstance. She is my idea of a 'badass' character, and I really liked her1, so much so I am disappointed that the sequel will be about Sybella (whom we have hardly met in this book), and not her.
Gavriel Duval is the very image of a knight in shining armor. When his half sister, now duchess Anne, was born, their father has tasked young Gavriel with protecting her, and this has been the core of his being ever since. As the book opens, he's a skilled fighter, and also a redutable plotter — Anne owes her throne and even her life to him. But he is also more than that: he is a good man and a good friends, gruff at times yet treating people with kindness when kindness is called for. He isn't anything if not persistent, and he never gives up, no matter how hopeless the situation. I admired that about him, and I liked him as a character overall. It goes without saying that I am disappointed not to see him in the sequel too2 :)
It comes as no surprise that Ismae and Duval, joined by their common cause, ended up caring for one another as more than comrades at arms. I thought the author has done a great job developing this part of the story, and this is probably one of the reasons I liked this book as much as I did.
As previously stated, Ismae deeply dislikes men, one of the reasons she chose to became an assassin. She starts out less than fond of Duval — but then he does something that shatters her defenses: he treats her kindly. Ismae, raised by a bruttish father and then married off to an equally abusive husband, is not equipped to resist it, and she falls for him. We are not told what made Duval fall for her (the story is told from Ismae's point of view), but i am guessing he found irresistible the same things I have liked about her: the fact that, while shes no damsel in distress, quite the contrary, she also has a vulnerable side, and I am guessing that side appealed to the protector in him :)
Another thing I liked is the way they never beat around the bush — once it was obvious they both have feelings for each other, they both acknowledged it, becoming a couple as much as the situation allowed. They are both strong, sensible people, and I was happy to see them choose the most sensible path — having one chase the other might have been fun, in a way, but it wouldn't have been as believable given the sparks that fly all over when they are together.
Other things
I have found quite interesting the mythology that the author has created. There "were once the nine old gods of Brittany but now [they are called] saints". Tradition asks that (male?) children are dedicated to one of these saints, and it is very dishonorable for one not to follow the path appointed to him.
The saints themselves act in a way that reminded me of those in the Greek mythology: they seem to be able to make themselves seen whenever needed, and they are also able of siring children (I guess that happens often enough, as Ismae, daughter of Saint Mortain, elicits nothing more than mild interest from others). These children are more than mere mortals, inheriting at least one special ability from their parent — Ismae for example is immune to poison and able to see 'the marque of Mortain', a dark mark that appears on people in their last days.
I also liked how the author chose to justify Mortain's interest in Brittany's (and the duchess') fate:
He feeds off our belief and worship much as we feed off bread and meat and would starve without it.
Mortain needs Brittany unaltered, so the people there could keep their belief in him and the rest. This — the gods needing people, and belief, in order to survive — is one of my favorite themes, and I was glad to find it in this book too :)
Thoughts on the title
I liked it ever since I first saw it (I like the ambiguity of the term 'grave' here), but it was only somewhere near the end of the book that I understood what it referred to :)
Thoughts on the ending
Any thoughts I might have had on the ending are overwhelmed by the sadness that it's over. :)
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- Ages ago I read Graceling and almost hated it, because the heroine was so perfectly adept at fighting that no one could ever harm her, which rendered all fighting scenes boring. If Katsa felt to me the wrong way to write a skilled female fighter, Ismae feels to me like the opposite: the very way I would have written such a character had I been able to write. She's very skilled at fighting with different weapons, but she is just as vulnerable to weapons as anyone else; this kept me on the edge of my seat whenever she did something risky, and I was way, way more engaged in the story than I was with Graceling. [↩]
- It seems to me that the author has constructed these interesting, complex, promising characters, and now she's just going to discard them in favor of others — but I wanted to see more of them! Can you blame me for being disappointed? [↩]
The Book of Lost Fragrances by M. J. Rose
"In Egypt in 1799, Giles L'Etoile discovered an ancient book of fragrance formulas. One for an elixir that enabled people to find true soul mates. After he'd smelled the scent, he was never the same. The book and the fragrance have been lost, but once upon a time in the future another L'Etoile will find them and–"
General impression
It seemed to me, while reading, that this book was like one of those multi-faceted bottle stoppers that Jac enjoyed playing with as a child. It has many facets and treats many aspects; the disadvantage of this is that there is way too little time to get to know each character, and this has kept me from getting emotionally involved in everyone's fates all throughout the book.
The one character I did manage to connect to was a young Chinese artist who happens to be the next Panchen Lama. As the book opens, he is allowed to leave China on a promotional trip to Europe, and he knows this is his on chance to escape his current condition and get recognized as who he really is. It is a risky endeavor, and, naturally enough, the young man is frightened about the Chinese government discovering his plan before he is able to pull it through — living in a former communist country myself, I related with his plight a lot more than I did with any other character's.
I could not connect with Jac in any way, sadly. Her very name bothered me, as it always made me think of Jacques (a boy's name, pronounced Jac), and it confused me a bit at first (also, I am not certain, but I don't think Jac can be the short form of Jacinthe, as there is no c heard in the latter). Her feelings too were quite confusing to me. Sure, she loved her brother, and I respected that about her. I also liked her chosen field of work, following the source of myths to find out how they started (I wish I could do that myself :) ). Other than that however, she struck me as less than rational at times, and I am not fond of characters who cannot think straight when need arises. One thing I did not like about her in particular was the way she constantly refused to acknowledge that she had visions of her past lives. One, there must have been a way to check whether Marie-Genevieve had been a real person, and two, even if Jac's fear that her previous illness was coming back, and she was merely imagining things, was real, hiding it from her brother would not have helped any one in any way. I mean, here's this amazing miracle (her being able to see her past lives) that she knew her brother expected, and she just keeps it to herself, lying repeatedly about it… why?
As for the other characters all I can say is some of them would have had potential, had they been given enough time/space to properly develop. Robbie L'Etoile is the best example for this. We know about him that he's bi, he's a Buddhist, he's ever resourceful and he fights to keep the family business afloat. But all these are outside markers, I wanted to know more about who he was on the inside. The same goes for Griffin, who is also surprisingly resourceful when he needs be, but basically this (and a few pointers about his former life) is all we get to know about him — he almost feels like a prop, someone who was there simply because the heroine needed a hero.
A central thing of the book's was supposed to be the fact that Jac and Griffin (as Marie-Genevieve and Giles L'Etoile before) are supposed to be soul mates, having spend their previous incarnations in love with one another. Which is in itself quite a good thing, but I could not get into it. Sure, Marie-Genevieve (Jac in a former life) was clearly in love with her Giles — I believed her and I suffered with her when Giles did not return from Egypt; her story did touch me. The contemporary story of Jac & Griffin, not so much. The reason I think is that we're always in Jac's head when interactions between them happen, and all Jac thinks about is how she has learned her lesson with him (he was the one who left her fifteen years before) and how she will never let her guard down around him ever again. Now, of course I can understand her reasoning, and her struggle to protect herself — and yet her coldness towards him made me cold and uncaring towards him too.
There are multiple plot threads, almost all of them are related, one way or another, to the belief in past lives. Robbie wants to make sure his 'memory tool' ends up in Dalai Lama's care1; the Chinese mafia wants to stop him. When Robbie disappears, Jac and Griffin are conducting their own investigation to find out what happened. And then there's Malachai, who wants to claim the said memory tool for himself; Xie Ping, the Chinese art student who needs to reach Dalai Lama himself; there's also thirst for revenge, and memories of previous lifetimes, all interweaving to form a complex story.
What I liked
The whole idea of being able to access past lives sounded very cool to me. I liked both the idea of soul mates (souls who found one another again and again and again) and the idea of learning from the past in order to make a better future. I don't quite believe in reincarnation, but this book made me dream of 'what if'. I love history, and getting to see first hand various historical events & periods sounds very attractive to me :)
I also liked a few other ideas in the text, such as there being poetry in perfume ("Poetry is the very essence of what we do.", says Giles at one time) and some considerations about myths:
She believed she was debunking myths. Bringing them down to size. But she wound up doing the opposite. The proof that myths were, in fact, based in fact—that some version of ancient heroes, gods, fates, furies and muses really had existed—gave readers and viewers hope.
Myths are a culture's collective dream. Small stories about individuals that, out of the thousands told, were the ones that clicked with the most people because of the patterns in our collective unconscious. As the stories are handed down, they change, grow, become more extravagant and magical.
What I did not like
I read this as an ARC from NetGalley, and as such I am aware that the typos & various casing mistakes (L'etoile instead of L'Etoile has bothered me the most) will eventually be corrected. I keep my fingers crossed that the French words will be corrected too. The mistake that bothered me the most was when Jac remembers that her brother's nickname used to be Tourjours Droit, wanting to mean 'always right'. Now, 'droit' does mean 'right' in French, but as a direction, so "toujours droit" (there's only one r in 'toujours') means something along the lines of 'always goes right'; a fit nickname would have been "Toujours Raison". Google Translate agrees with me, and it saddens me to see that neither the author, nor the famous publishing house were at least vaguely curious to check it. It kinda throws a shadow on the level of documentation the author has done for the book :(
Also, as much as I like the idea of soul mates, I hated the fact that there was cheating involved — many of Jac's reminiscences have either her or her mate (or both) married to other people. I could have had them spend time together; I could have had them run away together, unable to resist the mutual attraction between them; however, they chose to lie to their significant others, and cheat on them, and soul mates or not I was not a fan of that.
Thoughts on the title
It is a beautiful title (the reason why I picked this book up), yet I found it to be strangely unrelated to the content of the book. There is an Egyptian recipe book of fragrances mentioned at the beginning; the same book is mentioned yet again near the end. And… that's about it :) Everything revolves around the 'memory tool' that Robbie has discovered; the book is mostly forgotten all throughout.
Thoughts on the ending
Disappointing. It seemed to me that Jac has taken away the wrong lesson from the past lives she get to see.
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Recommend it to?
The current Goodreads rating is 3.98 — this means that most people like it, despite my issues with it. So, if the premises sound at least vaguely interesting to you, by all means go ahead and give it a try :)
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- I never actually got what the Dalai Lama was supposed to do with it — aren't the Lamas chosen for their very ability to remember past lives? [↩]


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Development Outreach ArticlesBy Ana Palacio
In recent years, the Bank has placed new emphasis on understanding the relationship between human rights and development: there has been growing recognition of the need for the Bank to address human rights in a more explicit fashion. There have been significant advances in the Bank's thinking on this issue and an increasing understanding of the connection between human rights and development on several levels.
There is a growing body of research from development experts that shows the linkage between human rights and development and many development partners are increasingly integrating human rights into their programs.
Human rights embody value commitments which are not uniformly interpreted. Furthermore, the concept of universality underpinning the international human rights framework is a complex one, which must be assessed in progressive terms, and interpreted according to its current legal, political and historical context.
The World Bank needs to undertake analytic work to examine how human rights fit within the constitutional framework and what positive contribution they could make to the development process.
While the World Bank is not an enforcer of human rights, it may play a facilitative role in helping its members realize their human rights obligations.
Several developments outside the Bank have underscored the mutual relevance of human rights and development (see e.g., the 2003 UN Common Understanding on a Human Rights Based Approach to Development and the Secretary General's 2005 Report In Larger Freedom).
As early as 1998, the Bank had pronounced itself on human rights, issuing statements about how the Bank supported the realization of human rights, and how it believed that "creating the conditions for the attainment of human rights is a central and irreducible goal of development." (Human Rights and Development: The Role of the World Bank (1998)).
Relevant to the Bank's current approach to human rights are the findings of the 2006 World Development Report, Equity and Development. The WDR 2006 explores the ways in which structural and distributional inequalities can hinder development. The Report grounds equity in two basic principles: equality of opportunity and the avoidance of absolute deprivation, both of which have human rights dimensions.
In addition, research exists linking economic outcomes to respect for human rights. Some research has shown that substantial violations of political and civil rights are related to lower economic growth. 1 Other research has shown respect for civil liberties to be connected with better performance of government projects. 2 There is also research ongoing on the link between governance and human rights, including an exploration of empirical linkages. 3
As background to the internal developments relevant to human rights, mention should also be made to the document issued by the former Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, Roberto Dañino, entitled "Legal Opinion on Human Rights and the Work of the World Bank", dated January 27, 2006. It indicates that human rights may constitute legitimate considerations for the Bank where they have economic ramifications or impacts, and it confirms the facilitative role the Bank may play in supporting its members fulfill their human rights obligations.
1. R. Barro, Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, (1997); R. Barro, "Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries. 106 (2) The Quarterly Journal of Economics 407.
2. J. Isham, D. Kaufmann. and L.H. Pritchett, "Civil Liberties, Democracy and the Performance of Government Projects." (1997) 11 (2) World Bank Law Review 219.
3. D. Kaufmann, 'Human Rights and Governance: The Empirical Challenge' in P. Alston and M. Robinson, Human Rights and Development: Towards Mutual Reinforcement • (2005) Oxford, OUP.
Although its policies, programs and projects have never been explicitly or deliberately aimed towards the realization of human rights, the Bank contributes to the promotion of human rights in different areas, e.g., improving poor people's access to health, education, food and water; promoting the participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making and the accountability of governments to their citizens; supporting justice reforms, fighting corruption and increasing transparency of governments.
The Bank's Community Driven Development (CDD) program gives voice to communities, promoting empowerment of the poor and informed civic engagement with increased social accountability which is essential to poverty reduction. One of the objectives of CDD was to give communities voice and influence, and to empower them to plan and manage their own economic and social development.
Since 2000, the CDD portfolio has grown from approximately $1 billion to an average of $2 billion of annual investment in 2008. During this time period, lending for CDD totaled approximately $16 billion, or 9% of IBRD/IDA lending, covering more than 630 activities. While the number of projects with CDD components has stabilized over the years, the Bank is continuing to dedicate resources and policy dialogue toward operating at a larger scale and across sectors.
In practical terms therefore, many of the World Bank's activities have a human rights dimension. Also, there are wide areas of overlap between substantive areas covered by core human rights treaties and those areas in which the Bank operates.
The way forward in this area is premised on the relevance of human rights to the World Bank at three distinct levels:
We recognize that our partners in the broader UN family have a comparative advantage in this area. Unlike the World Bank, many of them have mandates that contain an explicit commitment to human rights, including, in some cases, monitoring and enforcement capabilities.
We have been working closely with the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights on several initiatives, for example supporting countries to take human rights considerations into account in the preparation of their Poverty Reduction Strategies. The Bank also has participated in the UN High-Level Task Force on the Implementation of the Right to Development, and we regularly dialogue with other UN agencies to learn from their experience and on expert meetings on human rights indicators.
Under the aegis of the OECD in the DAC Govnet's Human Rights Task Team, the Bank has collaborated with several international partners, including the UN, on an action-oriented policy paper on human rights in development for the DAC. A product from that work is an OECD commissioned study on Integrating Human Rights in Development: A Synthesis of Donor Approaches and Experiences, in which the Bank participated actively. http://www.odi.org.uk/rights/Publications/humanrights_into_development_execsumm.pdf
The Bank is developing other partnerships to further its understanding of human rights, through a 'learning by doing' approach and we are exploring the establishment of a Justice and Human Rights Trust Fund to further support the Bank's work in such an exercise.
We will continue to dialogue and form strategic alliances with the rest of the UN family, with other international organizations, donors, and civil society organizations where they can complement and add value to our work.
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The airline transport pilot and passenger departed a remote gravel site to scout the area near their hunting camp for sheep. The pilot told his son that they would return in about 30 minutes. Several days later, the pilot's son flagged down a passing airplane, and reported the missing airplane. Searchers located the airplane wreckage, about 4,000 feet elevation, on a steep slope in a canyon 3-4 miles from the hunting camp. The airplane impacted terrain on a steep scree slope, surrounded by high terrain, coming to rest about 200 feet upslope from the bottom of a steep ravine. The airplane wreckage was consumed by fire, but the basic structures remained, and all the major flight control components were present. The airplane impacted the slope at a steep, nose down attitude, coming to rest with the tail down slope, and against a rock outcrop on the right side. The left wing structure had rotated over the top of the fuselage, bending the rudder top to the right, and coming to rest on top of the right wing, consistent with the airplane spinning at impact. The propeller blades had extreme torsional twisting and bending, and chord-wise scratches indicating the production of power at the time of the impact. Given the steep, rising terrain, and the impact signatures on the airplane, it is probable the pilot elected to fly up the valley. In the process, he allowed the airspeed to decay, and stalled the airplane while maneuvering to avoid the rising terrain Due to the remote, hazardous location, the accident airplane was not recovered.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
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