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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m having a hard time processing my feelings about this book. Readable, but very problematic.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-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:
No
This one snuck up on me slowly. The characters are so lovable and hearing everyone’s perspectives while jumping around in time was so fun. It wasn’t perfect and I think some topics could’ve been handled a little better but the story was so heartfelt that it was easy to forgive those moments. Idgie and Ruth’s love for each other and for Stump was so touching and the way all of the townspeople cared for each other was really special. The scene with the trial made me smile so big. I’m sure I’ll be thinking about Ninny and all her stories for a long time.
Note:I would have given it 5 stars if it hadn’t used the n word and while I know it’s a way of actualizing life in the South in the 1950s, I don’t like it ever.
I loved the characters and their individual stories and the way it felt real. I could so easily picture all these things happening. I also love that the author used the short stories to piece together a way to see the harm of the toxicity of the Southern patriarchal society while making people laugh. Almost like she snuck the truth in there in a way that makes people not realize they agree with her. The stories of spousal abuse and treatment of wives as property, the stories of true poverty and Robin Hood like help, stories of family and community and all that small town life includes. I love that Towanda was against all forms of abuse and came to love herself through the struggles of being overweight. Beautiful book and while I loved the move decades ago, I’m so glad I finally read the book.
I loved the characters and their individual stories and the way it felt real. I could so easily picture all these things happening. I also love that the author used the short stories to piece together a way to see the harm of the toxicity of the Southern patriarchal society while making people laugh. Almost like she snuck the truth in there in a way that makes people not realize they agree with her. The stories of spousal abuse and treatment of wives as property, the stories of true poverty and Robin Hood like help, stories of family and community and all that small town life includes. I love that Towanda was against all forms of abuse and came to love herself through the struggles of being overweight. Beautiful book and while I loved the move decades ago, I’m so glad I finally read the book.
This was a lovely cosy Southern caper which made me hungry for foods I'd never even heard of before, all the way through. It reminded me a little of Forrest Gump; spanning decades of 20th Century American history and family drama in a very drawly and matter-of-fact Southern way.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Fanny Flag's most well known novel is a celebration of memory. Through unveiling its time spanning romantic tapestry by winding in-between the remembering of the present, the truth of the past . This is a historical romance novel but it's also so much more,filled with characters experiencing constant changes it also reads like a collection of coming of age arcs. Where through the contrasting of the past and future give you an unprecedented experience of life and death in that character who'd only been 12 in one chapter would be much old in another. A dizzying technique best used by Vonnegut but still effectively utilized by Flagg as a means to cull the most emotionally from the book.
Just like it's wholesome film adaptation which I had seen first, the book has a well established sense of place. The community of whistleStop is rich with context, lore and history. Newspaper articles from local papers preced chapters either reporting on local rumor, phenomenon, tragedy or news . I had firts found it jarring as it didn't always have to do with the chaper before it and the mentions of the authors relationship with her chaotic husband ("other half "). It gives you this information as if you had been a citizen
Just like it's wholesome film adaptation which I had seen first, the book has a well established sense of place. The community of whistleStop is rich with context, lore and history. Newspaper articles from local papers preced chapters either reporting on local rumor, phenomenon, tragedy or news . I had firts found it jarring as it didn't always have to do with the chaper before it and the mentions of the authors relationship with her chaotic husband ("other half "). It gives you this information as if you had been a citizen