Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

4.14 AVERAGE

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wellvallie's review against another edition

So much racism, couldn't even enjoy the lesbians
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summerthorne's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense slow-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: Complicated

saoirsefierce's review against another edition

4.0
Love to read a book that's woke for its time. Loved the lesbian love story, but I don't know that the author needed to be throwing around the n-word so much to make her point about racism.
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sanperegrino's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reading_mermaid81's review against another edition

5.0
I have seen the movie a million times and love it so I thought it was about time to read the book. It does jump around a lot but it is so you get all parts of every story as they are being told by Mrs. Threadgoode. I'm excited to watch the movie again after reading such a delightful book.

kikisquiki's review against another edition

3.75
hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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who_knows_anymore_honestly_6's review against another edition

Not sure how to rate this. Some issues were handled very poorly, but I understand that this book (partially) takes place in the 30s and was written in the 80s. Some things were progressive for the time (in the story or in real life) and some things were still unacceptable. Despite some of the incidents that are clearly framed as being wrong and harmful, I think that the author has a definite bias that she wasn’t really able to overcome over the course of writing this book 

mrshhlevitan1016's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional funny hopeful reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

juxabelle's review against another edition

4.0
I adore this movie and so it was high time I read the book that went with it. Something the book excels at or gives a wider perspective towards but for the most part it’s true to the love, which also excels at parts the book falls short. Worth reading, love the recipes at the end.
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lostinastoryyy's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced