4.25k reviews for:

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

3.72 AVERAGE

alexanderjamie's review

4.0

emotional reflective sad 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: No

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Winterson’s semi-autobiographical “Oranges are not the only fruit” tells the story of a religious uprising clashing against one’s own personal feelings and convictions, in this case the main character’s homosexuality. This central conflict over how the church and religious communities treat “deviants” and “non-believers” is at the centre of the book. How fundamentalism comes into conflict with the realities of life. For this, I enjoyed it though I’m not a fan of Winterson’s prose nor the very confusing way she decided to write the last chapter of the book. 

amyrobs's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry

keri101's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

averticalsnail's review

4.5

emotional relaxing 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

kealyjules's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Starts off very funny 

m_beer06's review

5.0

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lxlasimiele's review

5.0

emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

biblioslut's review against another edition

4.0

funny inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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This was so witty!  A pentecostal, holy roller queer coming-out classic that was both hilarious and heart breaking and left me wanting more.  

rachykelly's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cindy23170704's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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: Complicated