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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
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
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.
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
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
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
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.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
emotional
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:
No
I absolutely loved this book. I laughed, I cried, I got absolutely consumed by the character development and thought it was such a shame that it didn’t translate as strongly to the film (for whatever reason, they chose to completely alter the central love story 🙄). After my foray into Octavia Butler‘s dystopian hellscapes, I needed something light, but not without substance, and Fannie Flagg delivered. I was blown away by the gorgeous storytelling and the theme of this book: that we are all just stories—legends even—in the end. 10/10 recommend.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism
One of my absolute favorite movies but only somewhat recently found out that it was based off a book! Of course, I’m always partial to whichever format of a story I’m exposed to first so I will always love the movie the most but the audiobook was very enjoyable! (I was so impressed by the narrator that I looked up who it was and was shocked to find out it was the woman who played the elderly gypsy in Drag Me To Hell 🥲)
I particularly loved the chapter detailing Evelyn’s descent into anxiety/depression/grief and mid-life crisis after her Mother’s death, and feeling like her life is out of her control; these are feelings and experiences that all of us go through/relate to at one point or another.
I particularly loved the chapter detailing Evelyn’s descent into anxiety/depression/grief and mid-life crisis after her Mother’s death, and feeling like her life is out of her control; these are feelings and experiences that all of us go through/relate to at one point or another.