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3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
I'd never read any of her fiction and I'm glad I finally have.
A clever and witty look at how religion raises people and one girls attempt to be herself with a fanatical mother.
Loved the humour in this, so many little moments to laugh at. The characters just being themselves and ignorant and not knowing. Very funny. The mother wanting a catapult for the cat for example.
I enjoyed the structure and how it was shaped by religious stories. Very clever.
A clever and witty look at how religion raises people and one girls attempt to be herself with a fanatical mother.
Loved the humour in this, so many little moments to laugh at. The characters just being themselves and ignorant and not knowing. Very funny. The mother wanting a catapult for the cat for example.
I enjoyed the structure and how it was shaped by religious stories. Very clever.
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
probably very late of me, a lesbian, to read THE lesbian bible. i’m glad to read it now though. it’s strangely topical for me so i got a heightened experience reading it. it feels really personal to me, too. i get why this is such a queer canon. i’ve known that winterson is a beast, and this debut of hers was definitely something that will leave me reeling for a long time now. although i do think it has a slow start, the second half of the book is simply un-put-down-able.
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i liked it generally. Though, I did find it odd how the author herself wrote her own book's introduction. And I also hated that long ass allegory in the Ruth chapter. It felt lazy.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm very glad a certain someone recommend it to me since it was right up my alley!! I love the musings of religion and queerness and this book did it perfectly, the prose was so beautiful too, I cant wait to reread it someday and know that I can just get sm more out of this book with each reread
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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 adore jeanette's monologues on stuff happening around her, so naive yet determined to fill in every nook w truth. the kinda book i truly enjoy reading!!
also, the whole winnett's story was heart wrenching. ik it's basically the simplified version of her story, but being written that way, u realized how ridiculously stupid ppl could be.
also, the whole winnett's story was heart wrenching. ik it's basically the simplified version of her story, but being written that way, u realized how ridiculously stupid ppl could be.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated