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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
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:
Yes
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I found Jeanette's humor to be very charming and very helpful with the dark themes she is exploring. The way she writes her characters is consistent but still weird and asynchronous as real people are. My only qualm were a few of the segues into folk tales and historical lore didn't really have conclusions so they just sort of felt abandonded. I don't think that is really any fault to her writing, more of a taste thing.
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
truly i didn’t understand it. i think it would be most useful in a literature class where it is completely broken down and analyzed, including the fairy tales scattered throughout.
the way the author illustrated her story was confusing and didn’t provide enough detail to make it an enjoyable read.
two stars because i think there’s a place where this would be a more thoughtful book, just requires instruction.
the way the author illustrated her story was confusing and didn’t provide enough detail to make it an enjoyable read.
two stars because i think there’s a place where this would be a more thoughtful book, just requires instruction.
“Naming is a difficult and time-consuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name. Romantic love has been diluted into paperback form and has sold thousands and millions of copies. Somewhere it is still in the original, written on tablets of stone. I would cross seas and suffer sunstroke and give away all I have, but not for a man, because they want to be the destroyer and never be destroyed.
That is why they are unfit for romantic love. There are exceptions and I hope they are happy.”
I refused to read this book in high school because I thought it would make me stop believing in god. Fortunately, I still came to the same conclusion on my own.
That is why they are unfit for romantic love. There are exceptions and I hope they are happy.”
I refused to read this book in high school because I thought it would make me stop believing in god. Fortunately, I still came to the same conclusion on my own.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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:
Complicated
4.5/5 i feel so upset that i can never know what happens to jeannette now. i feel like this gives me the same feeling i had ending I'm Glad My Mother Died. she deserves so much happiness and i'm so upset she never got it.
While I was reading this I kept thinking about The Glass Castle, and what a generous book that was. That book's generosity helped made the mother and father characters complete people. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is not that kind of a book--I wondered throughout the book about the mother--how did she end up like that, what was her story? But she comes off just as a crazy and mean person.
I suppose that's okay--Winterson should write the book she wants and needs to write, not necessarily the one I want to read.
I suppose that's okay--Winterson should write the book she wants and needs to write, not necessarily the one I want to read.
very average, kinda boring
not the best but not even close to the worst book i’ve read for uni so… yay?
not the best but not even close to the worst book i’ve read for uni so… yay?