Reviews - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

3.72 AVERAGE

alicer_'s review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book started off amazingly but, towards the end, I was enjoying it less. I don't think that's because it got worse, I don't know the reason to be honest - I think I wasn't as invested and wasn't paying as much attention. I love books where nothing happens and this was no exception. That said, I probably won't think about it much and it didn't leave as much of an impression as I thought it would. I could absolutely see it being a favourite for someone else though.

jmander's review against another edition

3.5

challenging sad tense 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: N/A

kathleenesson's review against another edition

2.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

darcey_reads's review against another edition

3.75

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

There are so many great quotes in this book, so here are just a few of my favourites:

"'Do you think this is Unnatural Passion?' I asked her once.
'Doesn't feel like it. According to Pastor Finch, that's awful.' She must be right, I thought."

"Melanie is a gift from the Lord, and it would be ungrateful not to appreciate her."

"If there's such as thing as spiritual adultery, my mother was a whore."

"my mother had painted the white roses red and now she claimed they grew that way."

I went into this book thinking I would absolutely love it, which turned out to not be the case. Now, I will say I did really enjoy it, but it was not the 5 star read I was expecting it to be. I do think that if I were to read it again in the future, it may possibly become one, but I am slightly disappointed that it didn't become an instant favourite for me. Still, it was very much an enjoyable read and I'm glad to have read it. I definitely need to try out some more of Jeanette Winterson's works and see how I feel about them.

_nina_reads_'s review against another edition

1.0

I really wanted to love this book. I appreciate the book for what it is and what it has brought to contemporary and queer literature but I just did not enjoy reading it. Not a huge fan of the stream of consciousness writing style