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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

4.14 AVERAGE

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.

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

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

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.

lostinastoryyy's review

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

sykadelic_angel's review against another edition

4.5

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

yethathne's review against another edition

5.0

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.

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