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Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay
13 reviews
whitneymouse's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Read for book club. The book was short and the friendship aspect was well written but the RACISM. The antifeminism. The whole thing was just yikes after yikes. Extra uncomfy as a biracial person listening to them moan about having a biracial child or their interracial relationship. I understand it was the 60s, but so much of this was a yikes for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Racism and Terminal illness
Minor: Death and Misogyny
lyshbish's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
4.0
Absolutely precious book. It's short, it's sweet, it's hopeful. It made me hungry! I find myself absolutely delighted by a love story that is about the love between friends rather than romantic love. "The less we cement ourselves to our certainties, the fuller our lives can be."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Racism, and Alcohol
mels_reading_log's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-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
5.0
I’m completely in love with this book. It is written as letters between friends, talking about their lives and love for food. Both of their lives are changed for the better through the exploration of international cuisine. As a foodie, and someone who likes to try new foods and cook anything that sounds good, this was my kind of friendship. This is one of my new favorite books and I will recommend it to everyone!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy, Cancer, and Racism
Minor: Death, Grief, and Infertility
shutupiamreading's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Heartwarming, sad, emotional, reflective. This book does so much with only 170 pages. I'm a big fan of epistolary novels and this book is such a good of example of how to do it well. This felt like a big, warm hug from your best friend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Abortion, Death, and Racism
twistykris's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I simply adored this book. I read it in less than 24 hours and was absolutely enthralled by the soothing, comforting, and often funny letters these two women wrote each other. Lots of talks of food, friendship, and adventures. A wonderful palate cleanser and a quick, darling read that makes me want to cook and write letters to dear friends.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Racism and Pregnancy
Minor: Abandonment, War, Abortion, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism
bubblegirl858's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-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
5.0
This book captured me from the first page and kept me reading, laughing, and crying throughout the whole book. I cannot adequately express how much I enjoyed this book. It was a very short read, but it was able to so beautifully capture the lives of two women with real problems, living their lives to the fullest through food and connections. The author did such an amazing job developing their friendship through correspondence. I can understand how reading a story in letter form is not everyone's cup of tea, but I enjoyed hearing the character's voices through the words that they wrote and exploring the culinary world with them through their letters to each other. If you don't finish this book wanting to move to a new city to start a garden, live off the land, and become an expert in a specific regional cooking style, then you have read it wrong. This book is about hope, joy, and the ability of people to change, and grow. It is about connecting to yourself, and to others, and finding new connections through food, which in my opinion is the best kind of book. This was set in the '60s with the main characters being two white women, and written in the early 2000s by a white woman, so there is one use of problematic language, descriptions of violent and tragic times in American history, and it exhibits very old-fashioned views on unwed women who are pregnant, that the main characters do not sympathize with, but just as a trigger warning for anyone reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, and Cancer
Moderate: War, Racism, Death, Misogyny, and Abortion
ashleegracexo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-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
4.0
I really did love this book. I wanted to be friends with the main characters. The plot twist took me by surprise even though I knew it was coming really. Great book, I devoured it in a few hours. Only not 5 star because I wanted more!!!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Death
Moderate: Racism and Abortion
mollyhodg's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
This was a fun and easy read. I really loved all of the descriptions of food and cooking.
Not really sure why the author decided to set the story in the 1960s. It kind of felt like she wanted to have racially motivated conflict in a story with very little conflict otherwise.
Not really sure why the author decided to set the story in the 1960s. It kind of felt like she wanted to have racially motivated conflict in a story with very little conflict otherwise.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism
audreylee's review against another edition
emotional
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
4.5
Set in the 1960s, this epistolary novel chronicles a truly wonderful friendship between women of different generations. It was a lovely story with fabulous characters. The author carefully dropped in historical events and reactions which would have been true to the time. The food descriptions are divine. Prepare to be hungry.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism