A review by squil
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Hmm interesting.
I appreciated that rather than an outside force “corrupting” Jeanette, her upbringing within the church was enough to lead her to question the church and her religion. She’s raised in an environment that fostered her own self confidence as she was expected to be a missionary and was always praised for unique talents, treated somewhat like a prophet. This same sense of self and intelligence leading to her conflict with the church felt authentic and reasonable. She was largely guided by her own gut feelings,  relationship with God, and understanding of her religion, which made the hypocrisy of her church’s teachings all the more obvious to her as she came to these conclusions on her own.

I feel like I need to do some bible reading to get all the references especially with the chapters being named after books of the bible because I suspect there are more connections than the ones I noticed. Still, I definitely got a few good chuckles from Jeanette’s blunt observations of Christianity, religion, and the church. 
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