Reviews - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

3.5k reviews for:

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

4.14 AVERAGE

hwelser's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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: Complicated

cdoxsie's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

resquite's review against another edition

2.0

Reading this book reminded me of when I first moved to Georgia and a lot of people told me I “had to go to Stone Mountain, it’s so fun! The laser show!”

And when I finally went, it was fun. And the laser show! But it was also a monument to the confederacy?

And like, this book was cute and charming and queer. But. Also. Had hella racial slurs and was kinda problematic?

Yeah.

istilldreamaboutabigail's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful 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

Content Warnings

faithmccollum's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny informative 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: Yes

allergic2legumes's review against another edition

4.0

This was both less gay than I was expecting, and more grisly than I was expecting!

I picked this up after watching the film adaptation at a queer cinema event and loving it (s/o WussyVision in Atlanta!)

It seemed to focus less on Ruth and Idgie than the movie did, instead exploring tertiary characters in Whistletown and Big George’s posterity. I loved all of the Dot Weem’s chapters, and I found the Jasper / Artis storylines, and the Smokey Lonesome super interesting.

It was comedic, but there were moments where it dipped into Southern Gothic as well! And how far it veered into the horror genre at times really impressed me.

I did feel uncomfortable with some of the remarks characters made about race in the book, as well as Fannie Flagg’s description of certain characters that felt racially charged. The way she spoke about Naughty Bird in particular bothered me, and I couldn’t help but notice the colorism that came through with her and Artis.