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Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

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kurlifries's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The book was entertaining. An easy read and had some interesting stories. However some of the experiences/thoughts shared were concerning (rape, incest)

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mabbysampkins's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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ilse23's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

Had van dit boek wel wat meer verwacht, zeker als aangewezen klassieker binnen het genre. Kwam wat over als satire, maar doordat het dat niet was heb ik toch vaak gefronst over de gebeurtenissen. Het boek is natuurlijk wel 50 jaar oud en misschien geschreven vanuit een vooruitstrevend beeld, maar nu,50 jaar later, is de wereld toch niet zo aan werken en komt het des te meer over als arrogant en zelfs een beetje gestoord. Incest, ongelijkheid, respectloos gedrag, allemaal prima blijkbaar.

'You have to do some of the things everybody does or people don't like you.'

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erinwolf1997's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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fr0gsonmushrooms's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Ruby Fruit Jungle started off strong. Actually, I loved the first 50%, but after that it kinda started going downhill. There were a few problems mainly in the last part that definitely made me take a few stars off.

Don’t get me wrong the book was very well written and I loved the way Rita portrayed Molly’s thoughts. I even read it in four days (although I was literally doing nothing for those four days). However, I can’t give this book much of a higher rating because of everything that went wrong in the end.

Pros:
1. Fast paced so it was able to keep my attention and was a quick read. I struggle with books keeping my attention and due to the very quick pace of this book, I was able to get through it quickly.
2. I like how the main moral is not to give up and to push to do the things you want to do. Molly never cared what anyone thought and worked her ass off to get into college and eventually graduate. Even with all her challenges, she pushed her way through now only as a woman, but a queer woman.

Now the cons: (some spoilers)
1. Around page 132, Molly shit talks butch lesbians saying they are stupid and ugly. When I was reading it, I had to stop and take a second to be like “wow she really just did that.”
2. There was A LOT OF antisemitism. Not just once or twice but sprinkled all throughout the book. At first, I was just like eh, as a Jewish person it’s the basic stereotypes, but it just got worse.
3. In the fourth part of the book Molly rapes Polina. And they just play it off as an ok thing to happen. Molly force kisses her and then forces her on the bed. She admits it and says it’s fine because "she’s drunk and knows she knows she wants it" They did end up together for a short while but it’s still not ok.
4. They just casually mention incest being ok and normal?! About pages 187-188, Molly and Alice have a whole conversation about how Alice wants to sleep with her mom and thinks her mom wants to sleep with her too. Then Molly just agrees with her.

All those moments concerned me. So overall, the book was okay, but I wouldn’t recommend it and it’s definitely not in my tops.

I'm leaving my review as a 2.75 for now, but I think it's maybe because my patner gave it to me. Therefore, I really want to love it as much as I did when I started it, but the cons are really just not okay. Maybe after I think about this book for longer the star review will change.

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